United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 35388
Sexual Offences: Crown Court
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4 March 2025
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10 March 2025 · Answer
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10 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of (a) rape and (b) sexual offence cases in the Crown Court.
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4 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of (a) rape and (b) sexual offence cases in the Crown Court.
Source: Commons
10 March 2025
Answer
We know that victims of rape and other sexual offences can wait longer than victims of other offence types for their cases to complete at the Crown Court. Judges, where possible, look to prioritise cases involving vulnerable victims and witnesses, which w...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-04/35388
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1780889
- uk · wq-1780889 · source updated 10 March 2025