Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the findings of Operation Soteria will be published.

Operation Soteria is a joint police-Crown Prosecution Service programme designed to drive improvements in the handling of rape cases. The policing elements are being funded by the Home Office to build a new national operating model for the investigation of rape.

The findings from the research in pathfinder police forces are shared with police and prosecutors nationally as soon as they are available, including through a National Rape and Sexual Offences Learning Network. The most recent national learning event took place on the 29 March and was attended by over approximately 180 individuals from across 39 police forces.

Findings from the research will be published in the Autumn, when the first phase of the programme is complete. In the interim, an update on progress will be provided in the next Rape Review Progress Update which will published shortly and be available on GOV.uk.