HC Deb 16 April 2002 vol 383 cc867-8W
Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the members of the team preparing the report on the Victims' Charter Consultation; what its terms of reference are; when its work is expected to commence; and when the report will be published. [46479]

Mr. Keith Bradley

A summary of responses to the consultation process on the Review of the Victims' Charter was placed in the Library and published on the Home Office website in July 2001.

The Victims' Charter Review Implementation Group first met on 2 October 2001. Its terms of reference are:

To complete the third stage of the Review of the Victims' Charter by October 2002; including making recommendations on the introduction of rights for victims, a Victims' Ombudsman/Commissioner, the feasibility of a victims' fund and other related policy matters.

The Victims' Charter Review Implementation Group is made up of representatives of the following Government Departments, organisations and victims' groups:

  • Home Office Justice and Victims Unit
  • Home Office National Probation Directorate
  • Home Office Research and Statistics Unit Association of Chief Police Officers
  • Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation
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  • Prison Service
  • The Court Service
  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission
  • Crown Prosecution Service
  • Lord Chancellor's Department
  • Justices' Clerk's Society
  • Magistrates' Association
  • Victim Support
  • Judiciary.

The Group's work, and that of its subsidiary Groups working on the Victims' Ombudsman/Commissioner and the inclusion of victims of road traffic incidents within the scope of the Victims' Charter, is well under way. It will be reporting its conclusions later this year, and I expect to make an announcement in the autumn.

Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the members of the Victims' Charter Implementation Group, and the departments, organisations and victim groups which they represent. [46491]

Mr. Keith Bradley

The Victims' Charter Review Implementation Group meets quarterly and its membership is comprised of representatives from the following departments, organisations and victims groups:

  • Home Office Justice and Victims Unit
  • Home Office National Probation Directorate
  • Home Office Research and Statistics Unit
  • Association of Chief Police Officers
  • Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation
  • Prison Service
  • The Court Service
  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
  • Criminal Cases Review Commission
  • Crown Prosecution Service
  • Lord Chancellor's Department
  • Justices' Clerk's Society
  • Magistrates' Association
  • Victim Support
  • Judiciary.