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date	19/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to commission an independent review of the implementation and effectiveness of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	6047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The reforms to the scope of civil legal aid were designed to refocus funding on those who need it most and on the most serious cases in which legal advice and representation are justified.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to commission an independent review of the implementation and effectiveness of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/09/2017 12:10:51 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

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date	13/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Codes of Practice: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to include the key entitlements for victims and witnesses set out in her Department's Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, published in October 2015, in primary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	48620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Victims deserve the best possible support to help them cope with what they have been through and recover as much as possible.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless we know there is more to do to further increase the rights of victims. We will announce our plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/10/2016 16:12:13 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon