Member

I recognise the point being made about how to improve the amount of funding being provided to child contact centres. The Government are committed to supporting the child contact centre sector. The Ministry of Justice provides £450,000 annually to assist the activities of supported child contact centres. It also provides annual funding directly to the NACCC to support the vital work it carries out in the sector, particularly, as have heard, the accreditation that is so important for ensuring that the standards are maintained. Officials in the Ministry of Justice continue to work closely with the NACCC on its funding needs. While we cannot make commitments about future funding before the spending review or departmental allocations within the Ministry of Justice have been concluded, there has been, as we can see, a record of supporting this work.