<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints by victims of crime have been lodged against (a) the police and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) victims and (b) witnesses had access to discrete waiting areas in courts in England and Wales in the last year for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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[1] This data is internal HMCTS management information and it is not subject to the same level of checking as Official Statistics.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime were given support by state-funded organisations in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224488/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This Government is committed to putting victims and witnesses first, and we are reforming our system to make it so. This includes more than doubling funding to help victims since we came to power \u2014 reaching over £92million next year (2015/16) \u2014 to make sure victims receive the best possible support.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>A unified administrative complaints procedure for HM Courts & Tribunals Service was launched in October 2011 which introduced a new set of categories and sub categories for recording details of complaints, including from victims. I am unable to provide data on complaints from victims before October 2011.<\/p> <\/p> Data extracted on 4 March 2015 shows the numbers of complaints made by victims to HM Courts & Tribunals Service:<\/p> Period<\/p><\/td> | Complaints from victims to HMCTS<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Oct 2011 to March 2012<\/p><\/td> | 64<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | April 2012 to March 2013<\/p><\/td> | 96<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | April 2013 to March 2014<\/p><\/td> | 146<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | April 2014 to February 2015<\/p><\/td> | 147<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The National Offender Management Service does not currently record information centrally in relation to the number of complaints received from victims, and has not made an estimate of this number. Systems are being developed that will record complaints at a national level.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> 1. Data for criminal cases disposed of in magistrates\u2019 courts and the Crown Court are published in Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics<\/a> .<\/p>2. The methodology for calculating magistrates\u2019 court receipts was changed from April 2012. Data prior to this period is not comparable.<\/p> 3. The latest data published is up to September 2014. Data to December 2014 will be published on 26 March 2015.<\/p>"}
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