Review CSA support services expenditure (England)
The Chair and Panel recommend that the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office work together to establish current levels of public expenditure, and the effectiveness of that expenditure on services for child victims and adult survivors of child sexual abuse in England.
How was this assessed?
Response
Accepted
Response
AcceptedThe Government agrees that more clarity is needed on the effectiveness of public expenditure on services for victims of child sexual abuse. The Government will present findings to the Inquiry within one year.
The MoJ has established a cross-government working group with DHSC, DfE and Home Office. The MoJ has gathered data on the current level of public expenditure on services dedicated to providing tailored support for child victims and adult survivors of sexual abuse. A progress report will be submitted to the SAAS Partnership Board in September. Work is on track to present findings to the Inquiry by December 2019.
On 22 July 2019, the UK government stated that the Ministry of Justice had established a cross-government working group, and had gathered data on the current level of public expenditure on support services for victims and survivors of sexual abuse. On 26 February 2020, the Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education and the Home Office stated that they had reviewed public expenditure. They stated that the UK government's strategy on child sexual abuse seeks to take a whole-system approach to addressing the provision of support services.