Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce proposals to establish the (a) current levels and (b) effectiveness of public expenditure on services for child victims and adult survivors of child sexual abuse in England in line with the recommendation of the Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published on 25 April 2018.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its Interim Report on 25 April. The Report contains a series of recommendations for specific changes, several of which are directed at Government. This include a recommendation for:

• the Departments of Health and Social Care, Education, the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office work together to establish current levels of expenditure and the effectiveness of that expenditure.

The Government welcomes the Report and is now considering the Inquiry’s recommendations very carefully. We will respond fully in due course.