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Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 9569

The question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support services for survivors of sexual violence.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Ministers and their departments regularly assess how support services meet the needs to survivors of sexual violence. That is why the government has committed £550 million to victim support services over the next three years – the largest investment in victim support services to date.

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