Question follow-through · 1691

Offences against Children: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will update the Victim's Code so that children who have experienced sexual exploitation are able to access immediate professional psychological help.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
29 Jul 2024
Answer
2 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will update the Victim's Code so that children who have experienced sexual exploitation are able to access immediate professional psychological help.

  2. 29 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    The Victims’ Code sets out the services and support that victims and survivors of crime are entitled to receive from the criminal justice system in England and Wales.Currently, under the Code, all victims and survivors, including children, are entitled to...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Sexual Offences: Victims

4 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding for support for victims of sexual violence after 31 March 2025.

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Witnesses: Complaints

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Prisons: Nitazenes

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Prisons: Nitazenes

8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscations of nitazines took place in prisons in each of the last three years.

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Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking help reduce waiting times for support services for survivors of sexual abuse.

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Prisoners' Release: Voluntary Organisations

10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is her Department taking to fund voluntary community sector organisations to support people leaving prison as part of her Sentencing Review.

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Sexual Offences: Voluntary Organisations

10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of funding for organisations in the voluntary community sector working in the area of sexual violence.

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Judges: Safety

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the safety of judges.

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Judiciary: Conduct

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review the Guide to Judicial Conduct.