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<p>The MoJ has set aside around £4m a year since 2011 to fund existing female rape
support centres, which also cater for those with historic cases of abuse. The Coalition
Agreement pledged to set up 15 new centres, which we have delivered on. We have also
established the first ever fund specifically to help male victims of sexual crimes.</p><p>
</p><p>We are also piloting pre-trial cross-examination to help young and vulnerable
witnesses give evidence without going through what can be an aggressive and intimidating
court experience. This is being tested in three Crown Courts and will be rolled out
more widely if successful</p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
(CICA) does not have figures for the number of applications received or rejected by
type of injury. CICA pay awards based on injury descriptions, from the Criminal Injuries
Compensation Scheme's 'Tariff of Injuries', these are recorded once CICA have assessed
someone as eligible to receive the compensation payable for that injury.</p><p> </p><p>CICA
can only produce figures based on awards paid. The table below shows all claims where
an award was paid for an injury under the category ‘Sexual offence where victim is
a child (under age 18 at time of, or commencement of, offence) or an adult who by
reason of mental incapacity is incapable of giving consent’. It is worth noting the
volume of awards paid remains proportionate to the volume of overall applications
CICA received, which is reducing year-on-year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial
year</p></td><td><p>Number of awards</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,165</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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