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To answer the point made from the Dispatch Box at the last stage, support available under the victim care contract does not continue throughout the case. Participation in an ongoing criminal case is not regarded as justification for ongoing support after basic recovery. I understand that the Salvation Army has a reach-in service for people who are in that position, but it only gives signposts. It does not reconnect the victim with a support worker. Given the courts backlog and the increased speed of NRM decisions, victims are very likely not to receive Salvation Army support for quite a long period before the case comes to trial.