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<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>We have
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>
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