PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Crime: Victims (28 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on applications to the Courts for compensation orders to support victims of crime.
Asked by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
Asked by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
Answer
I have regular meetings with the Director of Public Prosecutions at which a variety of issues are discussed. The Attorney General’s guidance on the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise is supplemented by Crown Prosecution Service legal guidance which specifically requires prosecutors to draw the court’s attention to its powers to award compensation and to seek compensation orders where appropriate.
Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
7 December 2017
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