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<p>A person is entitled to receive services under the current Code of Practice for
Victims of Crime (Victims’ Code) if they have made an allegation to the police that
they have directly experienced criminal conduct or had an allegation made on their
behalf.</p><p>In the Government’s consultation, ‘Revising the Victims’ Code’, which
closed on 16 August, we proposed to extend the services offered under the Victims’
Code to victims of any criminal offence, not just victims of the more serious criminal
offences to which it currently applies. This broadening of the definition of victim
would bring into scope victims of all road traffic crime.</p><p>We will publish our
response to the consultation in due course.</p>
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