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date	09/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape Crisis Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with rape crisis centres on (a) their capacity levels and (b) trends in the number of people seeking their support.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	143807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>To understand trends in help seeking and service capacity, the Ministry of Justice receives regular monitoring data from service providers that captures demand, user needs and demographics. This data is collated and analysed to inform policy development and commissioning decisions. In addition, the MoJ regularly engages with the sector to identify good practices and delivery challenges.</p><p>In recognition of rising demand, the Ministry of Justice is more than quadrupling funding for victim and witness support services by 2024/25, up from £41m in 2009/10. The MoJ has committed £154 million per annum on a multi-year basis, for the next three years, allowing victim support services, and those commissioning them, to provide consistency to victims receiving support.</p><p>Funding for sexual abuse support services is largely allocated through local Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC), which for 22/23 included £34 million ringfenced funding for Independent Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Advisors, and the national Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund (RASASF).</p><p>Last year, MoJ also undertook targeted research with rape victims to better understand their experiences, and what they want from support services. This research, published on 26 January 2023, has directly informed the recommissioning of the RASASF, ensuring our commissioning enables community-based service providers to meet the needs of all victims of rape and sexual abuse in the most effective way. The competition for this funding is currently live.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/02/2023 15:02:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1463658

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date	17/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape Crisis Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape crisis centres there are in England and Wales; and whether the Government plans to increase that number to 150, as recommended in the Istanbul Convention.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	3703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Rape and sexual violence are devastating crimes that can have life-long impacts on victims and survivors. This Government is committed to ensuring that every victim of rape and sexual assault will have access to quality support, appropriate to their needs, when they need it. This includes a commitment to increase funding for victim support services to £185 million by 2024/25 - more than quadruple the level in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>Rape crisis and sexual abuse support centres are independent from the government. Their details are registered with the Charity Commission and Companies House. This government provides core funding across England and Wales via the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund to over 75 rape and sexual abuse support services which are run by these independent organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund (England and Wales) has been extended for a further year until March 2023 to ensure support services have the funding stability they need. This allows for recommissioning for the next two years (2023/24 and 2024/25). The recommissioning process will take into consideration a wide range of factors to inform future funding decisions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/05/2022 15:14:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse