United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 74460
Sexual Offences: Trials
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2 September 2025
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10 September 2025 · Answer
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10 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999, what steps she is taking to ensure court proceedings in sexual cases are not repeatedly adjourned.
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2 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999, what steps she is taking to ensure court proceedings in sexual cases are not repeatedly adjourned.
Source: Commons
10 September 2025
Answer
The Ministry of Justice’s 2025 impact evaluation of section 28 found that, between January 2019 and September 2022, victims were able to give evidence around five months before the trial. Although trials began one month later on average, the analysis was ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-02/74460
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1831464
- uk · wq-1831464 · source updated 10 September 2025