Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
Commons · Question 4403 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether him Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of using voluntary organisations to support victims of sexual assault.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 11 Sep 2024
Voluntary organisations are important providers of specialist services to adults and children who have experienced sexual assault or abuse. They are major providers of specialist advocacy, sexual trauma counselling, pre-trial therapy, and support services...