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<p>Child sexual abuse investigations are an operational matter for the police. Police
and Crime Commissioners and chief constables are best placed to decide how to deploy
their officers to investigate these crimes. The police are operationally independent
of Government; therefore, the Government does not hold information about the number
of police officers allocated to investigate these crimes.</p><p>The Home Office is
providing £1.9m financial support through Police Special Grant funding to Operation
Hydrant towards the coordination of child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations
concerning institutional settings. Operation Hydrant publishes statistics quarterly
at: <a href="https://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/Statistics.aspx"
target="_blank">https://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/Statistics.aspx</a>.</p><p>Latest
published statistics by Operation Hydrant feature 329 sport institutions on the Operation
Hydrant database up to and including the 30 September 2018. In relation to abuse in
football specifically, 300 alleged suspects have been identified up to and including
29 March 2018.</p>
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