Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of undertaking the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review.
The cost incurred in undertaking the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review is approximately £37,000. This figure includes payment of Counsel who undertook the initial case review and the independent expert who then undertook the main review. It also includes the cost in obtaining the necessary transcripts of sentencing remarks for the initial case review.