Question follow-through · 903775
Reparation by Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to promote the use of restorative justice.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to promote the use of restorative justice.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
Restorative justice can improve victim satisfaction and reduce reoffending. Victims must be informed about restorative justice under the Victims’ Code.We provide grant funding to Police and Crime Commissioners for victim support services, including restor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Gender Based Violence: Convictions
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of convictions for violence against women and girls in England and Wales in the last 12 months.
Legal Profession: Closures
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