Victims Taskforce papers: May 2022

Victims Taskforce: remit and related work

Victims Taskforce

• Victim Centred Approach
• Trauma Informed Workforce
• Engagement

Outwith Victim Taskforce’s remit but some input

• Victims commissioner
• Victim Notification Scheme review
• Standards of Service for victims and witnesses
• Pre-recording of evidence
• Consultation on improving victims’ experiences of the justice system
• Communications review
• Victims of road traffic offences

Outwith Victim Taskforce’s remit but of interest

• Bairns’ Hoose
• Victim Surcharge Fund
• Lady Dorrian’s report
• Consultation on bail and release from custody arrangements
• Community Justice Strategy
• Case related Data Transformation Project
• CivTech challenge
• Misogyny bill
• Changes to Victim Statement Scheme
• Support for families following murder/homicide abroad
• Minister for Community Safety, Women in Justice
• Challenging men’s demand for prostitution
• Digital Evidence Sharing Capability
• Restorative Justice Action Plan
• Justice Vision -, Development and roadmap
• Recover, Renew, Transform
• Victim-Centred Approach Fund
• Justice for Children and Young People, a rights respecting approach
• Not proven consultation & associated reforms