Sarah Champion MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Victims: Codes of PracticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Victims' Code is enforceable; and what mechanisms are available to victims to ensure that criminal justice agencies comply with that code.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that victims receive the service they deserve under the Code. This is why earlier this year we commenced the new statutory obligation from the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which requires those who provide Code services to c...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVictims: Codes of PracticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to commence section 8 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2025; and what steps she is taking produce the framework to review compliance with the Victims Code.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that victims receive the service they deserve under the Code. This is why earlier this year we commenced the new statutory obligation from the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which requires those who provide Code services to c...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation: RotherhamMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people living in Rotherham in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Rotherham**.Financial Year of CICA decisionAverage time (days)2020-212922021-223372022-234632023-243632024-25367 * Th...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation: OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases in which an applicant to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme had a criminal conviction did the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority apply discretion in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c
Answer: The table below shows the number and proportion of resolved applications in each calendar year where the applicant had an unspent conviction and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) applied discretion to make an award.Calendar year of decis...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of applications for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority outside the two-year time limi
Answer: The table below shows the number and proportion of resolved applications in each calendar year where the two-year time limit was extended.Column A: Calendar year of decisionColumn B: Total resolved applicationsColumn C: Resolved applications received outs...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is available for family court judges on child sexual abuse.
Answer: The Lady Chief Justice has statutory responsibility for the training of the courts judiciary in England and Wales, which is exercised through the Judicial College. The judiciary and professional staff in the College are responsible for the design, content...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve data capture on the (a) number of private law proceedings that involve allegations of child sexual abuse and (b) outcomes of these cases.
Answer: HM Courts and Tribunals Service will be introducing a new case management system for private law children‘s cases, Manage Cases. This system will identify each type of abuse or harm allegation made by an applicant, including child sexual abuse. This will ...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements Orders: Offences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private law cases where child sexual abuse was alleged to have been perpetrated by a parent was that parent granted residence in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
Answer: The requested information is not recorded centrally. The relevant data could only be obtained by an analysis of individual case files at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 36655, on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, what further action her Department plans to take after 28 May 2025, when the pilot scheme will have operated for one yea
Answer: Since May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot to enable victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge.The Ministry of Justice ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Safeguarding Practice Review PanelMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 36654 on Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, how many private family law proceedings (a) involved allegations of child sexual abuse and (b) resulted in th
Answer: The requested information is not recorded centrally. The relevant data could only be obtained by an analysis of individual case files at disproportionate cost.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29896 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, whether she plans to engage with victims and survivors in the evaluation of the pilot scheme.
Answer: Since May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot to enable victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge.An assessment of the pil...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Safeguarding Practice Review PanelMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel entitled Protecting Children and Responding the Child Sexual Abuse within the Family Environment, published in November 2024, what step
Answer: Child sexual abuse is among the most vile and damaging of crimes, which is why at the King’s Speech we committed to restricting parental responsibility for perpetrators sentenced for child sex offences. The Government is focused on delivering meaningful c...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29896 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, what plans her Department has to evaluate the pilot scheme for victims of rape and sexual offences.
Answer: Since May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot to enable victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge. An assessment of the pi...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24854 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, whether judges have been informed of the one-year pilot scheme.
Answer: Since 28 May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot for victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge.The judiciary were informed...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24854 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of displaying information of the one-year pilot scheme in courts
Answer: Since 28 May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot for victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge.The judiciary were informed...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24854 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, how many people have applied to the one-year pilot scheme.
Answer: Since 28 May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot for victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge.The judiciary were informed...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17817 on Slavery: Victims, whether all victims of modern slavery will be covered by the duty.
Answer: The duty to collaborate (“the Duty”) (sections 13-14 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024) will require collaboration in relation to the commissioning of services for victims of modern slavery where the crime amounts to serious violence. Section 13(8) of...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Crown CourtMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help raise awareness of her Department's pilot scheme to provide victims of rape and serious sexual offences with the opportunity to request a free copy of Judges’ sentencing remarks i
Answer: Sentencing is an important part of the criminal justice system for victims. However, we know the experience of attending court in person, including sentencing hearings, can be distressing. In May 2024, the Ministry of Justice launched a one-year pilot for...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Minister of State in her Department during the Ninth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Victims and Prisoners Bill on 4 July 2023, Official Report colu
Answer: The duty to collaborate, as set out in sections 13-14 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, will, once in force, require local policing bodies, local authorities and integrated care boards to collaborate when commissioning services for victims of domesti...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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