PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Codes of Practice: Victims (13 October 2016)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Independent)
Answer
Victims deserve the best possible support to help them cope with what they have been through and recover as much as possible.
The Victims’ Code is a statutory code of practice, and the legislation governing the Code makes clear that the Code sets out the services that are to be provided to victims of crime. Under the Code if victims do not receive those services they are entitled to complain and, if dissatisfied with the outcome of the complaint, refer it to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
Nevertheless we know there is more to do to further increase the rights of victims. We will announce our plans in due course.
Answered by:
Dr Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat)
18 October 2016
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