Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will establish a fund to enable longer-term support for people who were abused as children.

The Ministry of Justice provides £4.4million each year to rape support centres. These centres provide independent, specialist help and support to women and girls over the age of thirteen who have been victims of recent and historic rape or sexual abuse.

The Female Rape Support Fund now funds 84 rape support centres in England and Wales, and two more centres will open later this year. The fund has helped established 15 new centres since 2010.

Additionally, the Ministry of Justice has, for the first time, established a dedicated Male Rape Support Fund. This fund will commission specific services to ensure that men who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives will have access to the help they need.

These services are available for both recent and historic cases.