Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provisions will be made under the Government's Victim's strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700 to support the mental health of victims.

We want to ensure victims have access to the support services they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.

The Victims Strategy sets out commitments to develop a new delivery model for victim support services; coordinating and combining funding for these services across government to increase its impact, and improving access between victim services, including third sector and statutory services.

NHS England is prioritising the delivery of mental health services as part of their long term plan, to utilise the extra investment announced by the Prime Minister on 18 June 2018. This work is still under review and an announcement will be made in due course.