Question reference: S5W-34683
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the review of government funding to support organisations outlined in the latest Victims’ Taskforce workplan will be completed, and what the scope of the review is.
Answer
The review referred to is a recommendation from the report ‘Transforming
Services for Victims And Witnesses’, commissioned by the Scottish Government,
COPFS and Victim Support Scotland and published in September 2020 https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/minutes/
2020/11/victims-taskforce-papers-september-2020/documents/paper-five-thrive-
report-on-transforming-services-for-victims-and-witnesses/paper-five-thrive-report
-on-transforming-services-for-victims-and-witnesses/govscot%3Adocument/FINAL
_TSVW.pdf .
The report and the range of recommendations it contains are being considered by the
Scottish Government, the Victims Taskforce and the Victim Centred Approach
Governance Group, and will help inform their work moving forward.