Question follow-through · 74460
Sexual Offences: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999, what steps she is taking to ensure court proceedings in sexual cases are not repeatedly adjourned.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings · 13 May 2026
- Sexual Offences: Prosecutions · 13 May 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999, what steps she is taking to ensure court proceedings in sexual cases are not repeatedly adjourned.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice’s 2025 impact evaluation of section 28 found that, between January 2019 and September 2022, victims were able to give evidence around five months before the trial. Although trials began one month later on average, the analysis was ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to expedite cases involving sexual offences.
Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that the prosecution and processes that support sexual offence cases, are compliant with the Victims’ Code.