Question reference: S6W-01763
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 22 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many victims of crime have been able to make in-person representations to parole board members in each of the last three financial years.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this data. However, information is published annually in the Standards of Service for Victims and Witnesses Annual Report. For the past three years where information is available the number of in-person representations that were made is as follows:
2020-2021* 16
2019-2020* 27
2018-2019 18
*Due to Covid restrictions some meetings have been held remotely.