Question follow-through · 33622
Domestic Abuse: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that victims of domestic violence do not have the sentencing hearings of their abusers postponed the day before they are due to take place.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Domestic Abuse: Sentencing · 26 Jun 2025
- Offences against Children: Sentencing · 10 Dec 2025
- Legal Aid Scheme: Gender Based Violence · 14 Jul 2026
- Offenders: Electronic Tagging · 15 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that victims of domestic violence do not have the sentencing hearings of their abusers postponed the day before they are due to take place.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
The decision on when and where a case is listed is the responsibility of the independent judiciary. Judges are guided in this task by judicial listing principles, which stipulate that cases involving vulnerable complainants and witnesses should be priorit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Domestic Abuse: Sentencing
26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to speed up the sentencing of people found guilty of domestic violence.
Offences against Children: Sentencing
10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the relevance of mental health conditions to the sentencing of people convicted of child sexual abuse.
Legal Aid Scheme: Gender Based Violence
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase availability of legal aid to people who are victims of violence against women and girls, particularly in relation to people who wish to pursue judicial review.
Offenders: Electronic Tagging
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide an update on his department's work on the national proximity monitoring technology pilot and information on when the pilot is expected to begin.