Question reference: S1W-24820
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 5 April 2002
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Current status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 3 May 2002
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will complete the roll out of victim liaison services across Scotland.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Action Plan on the Scottish Strategy for Victims contains a commitment to have a Victim Liaison Office operational in each region of the service by summer 2002. Offices have already been established in Aberdeen, Hamilton, Peterhead, Glasgow and Kilmarnock. The first phase of the Victim Liaison Office roll out will be complete by August 2002 when additional offices will be operational in Edinburgh and Dundee.Decisions about the further expansion of the Victim Liaison Office will be made in light of the evaluation of the pilot sites at Aberdeen and Hamilton and the implementation of the Management Review of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.