PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Rape: Mental Health Services (3 June 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Attorney General, if the Government will review the CPS guidance given to victims of rape on seeking therapy.
Asked by:
Dr Rupa Huq (Labour)
Asked by:
Dr Rupa Huq (Labour)
Answer
It is vital that victims are confident they will be treated with the utmost fairness by the justice system. CPS committed, as part of the cross-Government Victims Strategy, to launch new guidance on pre-trial therapy to reduce the perception amongst victims, therapists and criminal justice professionals that it will damage the prosecution case. This is due to be published this summer. Additionally, a new toolkit for prosecutors on the support that an individual suffering from a mental health condition will require was launched in August 2018.
Answered by:
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
6 June 2019
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