Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 4403

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

Tabled: 5 September 2024
Answered: 11 September 2024

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether him Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of using voluntary organisations to support victims of sexual assault.

Answer

Voluntary organisations are important providers of specialist services to adults and children who have experienced sexual assault or abuse. They are major providers of specialist advocacy, sexual trauma counselling, pre-trial therapy, and support services...

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