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<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime get the support they
need to cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p>
</p><p>Neither MoJ or NHS England hold information on the breakdown of funding allocations
to victims based on age.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2016-2020 Violence Against Women
and Girls strategy, the Government made a commitment to maintain funding for sexual
violence support services at 2016/17 levels for the remainder of the spending review
period. We continue to meet this commitment.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, MoJ is spending
around £96m this year to fund support services for victims of crime. Around £68m of
this has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners to locally commission or
provide support services for victims of crime, including victims of sexual violence
and child sexual abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19 we have allocated just over £8m in
funding for services supporting victims of sexual violence, including support for
victims of child sexual abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Young child victims of abuse are generally
supported by specialist NHS services. NHS England and the Home Office also have commissioning
responsibilities for services to support child victims of abuse. NHS England gave
uplifted investment from £9m in 2013 to £31m this year to commission an all age service
with PCCs. The Home Office are funding the £7.2m Child House model in London.</p>
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