Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2004. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Monday, 15 November 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what links the Criminal Cases Review Commission has with other agencies; and how it uses these links to commission work which provides an understanding of the issues involved in historical sex abuse cases.

Answer: Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what links the Criminal Cases Review Commission has with other agencies; and how it uses these links to commission work which provides an understanding of the issues involved in historical sex abuse cases. [191291] Paul Goggins: The Criminal Cases Review Commission has many links with other agencies in the criminal justice system because of the need to access information from public bodies under s17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995. It has not used any of these links within the criminal justice system to commission work on the issues involved in historical sex abuse cases. The Commission's working group on Child Sexual Abuse Cases did, however, request a report from a leading psychologist to identify research, good practice and guidance on the application of scientific methodology to the investigation of contemporary and historical allegations of abuse. This provided a helpful wider overview of the topic.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 426 c1097W;426 c1101W; 191291
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Children Abuse Criminal Cases Review Commission Sexual offences Research
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk