“Backed by a multi-million cash injection, every Crown Court in England and Wales will get at least one courtroom especially set up to hear rape and serious sexual offence cases over the next two years, helping to hold more perpetrators to account.”

Where it stands

The commitment is in the further information of a release launching the Respond strand of the government's ENOUGH campaign on violence against women and girls; the release says it is backed by a multi-million cash injection. The two years are read from the release's date, 15 October 2026. The government's response to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts (12 October 2026) says £23 million has been announced for specialist courts for rape and sexual offences in the Crown Court. The card moves when the government reports courtrooms set up.

What has happened

1. Oct 2026The government says every Crown Court in England and Wales will get at least one courtroom set up to hear rape and serious sexual offence cases within two years, Promised
2. Oct 2028A courtroom for rape and serious sexual offence cases due in every Crown Court by October 2028, Deadline

About the cost

The release says a multi-million cash injection; it gives no figure.

More detail

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