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<p>The Ministry of Justice published the Female Offender Strategy on 27 June 2018,
which sets out their plan to improve outcomes for women in the community and custody.</p><p>
</p><p>As part of this, Government is investing £5 million of funding over two years
in community provision for women. A £3.5m grant funding competition was also launched
for 2018/19 and 2019/20, which included £2m Domestic Abuse funding for female offenders
from Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Through her involvement with MoJ’s Advisory Board
on Female Offenders, Victoria Atkins, Minister for Women, will have extensive engagement
on how to support women in the justice system who have been in abusive relationships.</p><p>
</p><p>In addition, the Home Office is funding projects which aim to better support
women in the criminal justice system through the Violence Against Women and Girls
Transformation fund. This includes a pilot of Sexual Violence Court Advocates and
additional services provided to women in custody.</p><p> </p>
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