Recommendation 22

The Sentencing Council must take steps to increase awareness of the ability of the courts to ensure that those charged with NCII offences forfeit all right to continued possession of that material, including both the physical removal of devices on which that material may be stored and deletion of any content stored remotely. In response to this report, the Crown Prosecution Service should also set out what action it will take to stop perpetrators of NCII abuse from retaining that content. The Government should collect data on the use of deprivation orders in NCII cases so that it can satisfy itself and others that the criminal justice system is taking seriously the impact on victims of perpetrators retaining the control of the harmful content. (Recommendation, Paragraph 110)