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<p>This information is held by the Ministry of Justice, which holds primary responsibility
for funding of victim support services.</p><p>The Government has made a commitment
under the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020 to ensure funding
for rape support services is maintained throughout the Spending Review period. We
continue to meet that commitment.</p><p>In 2016/17 and 2017/18 the MoJ protected funding
of over £6.2million to 85 female Rape Support Centres across England and Wales to
provide independent, specialist support to female victims of rape and sexual violence.
In addition, the MoJ has provided an uplift of £1.71m to these centres as a consequence
of the increased demand from adult victims of historic sexual abuse.</p><p>In Northumbria,
the MoJ is providing £265,870 (including £60,000 uplift to support victims of child
sexual abuse) to four rape support centres. We have protected the same level of funding
for 2018/19.</p><p>In each of the last three years, Government has provided £7million
funding for non-statutory organisations supporting victims and survivors of sexual
violence, including child sexual abuse and exploitation. In 2016/17 and 2017/18:</p><ul><li>£1.71
million was allocated as an uplift to MoJ funded female rape support centres,</li><li>£4.7
million was provided directly to PCCs to support organisations working with victims
and survivors of CSA locally</li><li>£0.6 million was distributed directly by the
Home Office to organisations working with victims and survivors of sexual abuse over
a large geographic area.</li></ul>
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