Asked by: Fiona Onasanya (Independent - Peterborough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of victim support officers.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Victim Liaison Officers play a key role in supporting victims of crime.
The National Probation Service recently reviewed the number of Victim Liaison Officers. The work was completed in November 2017.
The review we have conducted on the impact of probation reform on the Victim Liaison Officer service has allowed us to robustly assess demand and has led to an increase from 169 to 189 Victim Liaison Officers.
Asked by: Fiona Onasanya (Independent - Peterborough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of female prisoners.
Answered by Phillip Lee
We are committed to making sure that as many women as possible are effectively rehabilitated in the community, to better protect the public and deliver better outcomes for female offenders and their families. We have committed to producing a Female Offender Strategy, which will set out how we can do more in the community so custody is only used when absolutely necessary.