United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 853
Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
Introduced
12 May 2021
Last action
21 May 2021 · Answer
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21 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken in response to people naming victims of sexual assault.
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12 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken in response to people naming victims of sexual assault.
Source: Commons
21 May 2021
Answer
Complainants in rape and sexual offence cases are protected by Automatic Reporting Restrictions.There is a lifetime ban on reporting any matter likely to identify a victim, from the moment the offence is reported.Anyone committing such an offence is liabl...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-12/853
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1313859
- uk · wq-1313859 · source updated 21 May 2021