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<p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all victims of crime have access to
the support services they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover
from the effects of crime. We will be spending about £96m this year to fund support
services for victims of crime. Of this, about £68m is being allocated to Police and
Crime Commissioners to locally commission or provide support services for victims
of crime, based on their assessment of local need. This includes victims of sexual
violence. Further, in 2018/19 we allocated funding of over £7.2 million for rape support
services across England and Wales to provide independent, specialist support to female
and male victims of sexual violence, including victims of child sexual abuse.</p><p>
</p><p>On 25 April, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its
Interim Report. The Report provides an overview of the work undertaken so far and
sets out what the Chair and Panel consider to be key emerging themes. The Report also
contains recommendations for specific changes to help better protect children from
sexual abuse, including establishing the current level and effectiveness of public
expenditure on services for child victims and adult survivors of child sexual abuse
in England. The Government welcomes the Report and is considering the Inquiry’s recommendations
very carefully.</p>
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