§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to develop a list of services to victims of crime which are available from the(a) probation and (b) prison service. [135489]
§ Paul GogginsGeneral information about the National Probation Service's (NPS) statutory victim contact scheme is already available on the probation service website at www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk and in the Home Office leaflet: "Release of Prisoners: Information for victims of sexual or other violent offences". The leaflet is free and is available in a range of languages and is given, by the police, to victims who are eligible for the statutory scheme. The leaflet also contains information about the Prison Service Victims'Helpline and the services available from Victim Support. More detailed information about probation service work with victims can be obtained from local probation area offices. There are no plans to develop or publish a separate list of services for victims of crime available from either service as this information is already in the public domain.