Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make public the findings of his Department's review into the death of Janet Scott in Nottingham on 29 January.

Firstly, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the family of Janet Scott. Simon Mellors had been charged with her murder; at the time, he was being supervised on life licence in the community. He was remanded into custody but later found dead in his cell.

As is mandatory whenever an offender under statutory probation supervision commits a serious further offence (SFO), the National Probation Service (NPS) has undertaken a vigorous review of its supervision of Simon Mellors. The NPS will share the findings of the review with the family of Janet Scott, so that the family can see the action which the NPS will take to address any improvements needed. SFO reviews are internal and not published.

The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act (2004), requires a Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) where a death appears to have resulted from violence within the context of an intimate personal relationship. Community Safety Partnerships appoint an independent Chair and publish DHR Reports, albeit in an anonymised format, unless there are compelling welfare reasons not to do so. It is the duty of the NPS or CRC to participate in the production of the DHR and the findings of the SFO review in this case will be reflected in the contribution which the NPS makes to the DHR.