Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from the public purse has been provided to charities that specialise in providing support to the families of survivors of child sexual abuse.

We recognise the devastating impact that child sexual abuse can have on many aspects of victims’ and survivors’ lives, including their families. We have increased investment in specialist support services for child sexual abuse in recent years. Through our Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Fund (SVSCSA) 2022-2025, the Home Office has recently awarded grant funding of £4.5 million to seven voluntary sector organisations in England and Wales who provide vital support for children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse, adult survivors, and parents or carers of victims.

Of the seven organisations funded, more than half are carrying out activities that will support families of those who have been abused. For the year 2022-23, £120,552 has been awarded to an organisation that solely and directly supports families of survivors of child sexual abuse. A further £536,030.80 has been awarded to three organisations who are using some of this funding to specifically provide support to third party victims. This includes provision for families and friends of adult survivors, funding for delivery of a recovery service to non-abusing parents/carers and siblings, and a trauma-informed therapy for those who support victims and survivors, such as non-abusing parents.