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<p>On 23 February 2018, Newcastle Safeguarding Children Board and Newcastle Safeguarding
Adults Board published their joint serious case review (SCR) for Operation Sanctuary.</p><p>
</p><p>Specifically, CPS North East is working closely with Newcastle Crown Court
and other partners within the Criminal Justice System to improve the experience of
victims and witnesses when attending court and to ensure that the commitments to witness
care set out in the Victim’s Code and the Witness Charter are properly delivered.</p><p>
</p><p>Child sexual exploitation is abhorrent and the crimes perpetrated in Newcastle
have had a devastating impact on the lives of the victims. The Government acknowledges
the seriousness of the issues raised in this serious case review and is committed
to improving the national response to tackling sexual exploitation.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>More broadly, the Government has already taken significant action to tackle
this issue. In February 2017, the Government published its Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation:
Progress Report and announced a £40m package of measures to protect children and young
people from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking, and to crack down on offenders.
This included £7.5m for a new, ground-breaking Centre of Expertise that will identify,
generate, and share high quality evidence of what works to prevent and tackle child
sexual abuse and exploitation. The recommendations of the review cover a wide range
of issues, which we will consider carefully in the context of this existing programme
of work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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