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<p>The Government announced an extra £7m funding to help victims of sexual violence
in December 2014. £2.15m was allocated to the 84 existing Female Rape Support Centres
and two funds were established to allocate the remainder: a £2m fund to non-statutory
organisations reporting an increase in demand as a direct result of the announcement
of the Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry (Fund 1), and a £2.85m fund for non-statutory organisations
providing support across England and Wales to victims of sexual abuse to help meet
the increased demand on those services (Fund 2). Organisations that applied to Fund
2 were asked whether they supported adults who were sexually abused as children. £2.33m
of the £2.85m has been allocated to organisations that showed they provide support
to adults who were sexually abused as children; this includes over £1.6m to organisations
offering counselling services. These two funds are being administered by the Office
of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk, supported by the Home Office. Aside
from the attendance of the Chief Constable for Norfolk at the Oversight Board, no
police time has been spent on assessment or allocation. We do not centrally hold information
on the number of non-statutory organisations providing counselling without pre-determined
time limits to adults who were sexually abused as children.</p>
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