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Recommendation 20
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Paragraph: 125
Extend Sexual Violence Complainants’ Advocate Scheme pilot to diverse demographic and geographic areas.
Recommendation
The Government should further pilot the Sexual Violence Complainants’ Advocate Scheme, first offered in Northumbria. This pilot should be extended to areas with differing demographic and geographic profiles. This would empower and support complainants to understand better and deal with requests to access third-party material or data from digital devices. We agree with the Criminal Bar Association that the role of any legal advisor would need to be defined in detail in a Code of Practice.
Paragraph Reference:
125
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 25 July 2022. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗