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date	08/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect the anonymity of victims of sexual assault.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Complainants in rape and sexual offence cases are protected by automatic reporting restrictions, which impose a lifetime ban on publishing any matter likely to identify a victim, from the moment the offence is reported. Anyone who publishes such material is liable to a fine.</p><p>Interfering with the administration of justice and publicly commenting on a court case on social media or other channels may lead to a charge for the more serious offence of contempt of court, for which the maximum penalty is 2 years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 22/06/2021 16:55:24 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

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date	12/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken in response to people naming victims of sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>Complainants in rape and sexual offence cases are protected by Automatic Reporting Restrictions.</p><p>There is a lifetime ban on reporting any matter likely to identify a victim, from the moment the offence is reported.</p><p>Anyone committing such an offence is liable to a fine. Interfering with the administration of justice and publicly commenting on a court case on social media or other channels may lead to a charge for the more serious offence of contempt of court where the maximum penalty is 2 years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2021 10:09:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones