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<p>It is the Department’s policy not to release information about an individual in
the criminal justice system, although it will sometimes be necessary for the Department
to confirm information which is already in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p>Under
the statutory Probation Victim Contact Scheme (VCS), qualifying victims who have chosen
to receive the services of the VCS are entitled to receive certain information about
an offender at key stages of the sentence being served by that offender. It is for
the Probation Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) to provide that information to victims.</p><p>
</p><p>In relation to the offender once known as Jon Venables, a VLO employed by a
Probation Trust was designated and authorised to disclose to qualifying victims on
or around 2 March 2010 that Venables had been recalled to custody for breaching his
licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no change to the relevant policies
and procedures since that time, albeit that VLOs are no longer employed by a Probation
Trust but by the National Probation Service.</p><p> </p>
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