Question follow-through · 901074
Law Reporting: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing free court transcripts to survivors of sexual assault and other serious crimes.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing free court transcripts to survivors of sexual assault and other serious crimes.
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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5 Nov 2024
Answer published
I understand transcripts may help individuals obtain closure from traumatic events.Since May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a pilot providing free sentencing remarks to victims of rape and serious sexual offences. We will be evaluating the...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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