The Government’s commitment to tackling child sexual abuse is further demonstrated by the additional £30 million in funding for 2020, continuing the 2019 funding uplift and helping us to deliver the long-term vision set out in the Strategy to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse. This vision includes:
- Investing in the UK’s world-leading Child Abuse Image Database to identify and catch more offenders quicker, including new tools to speed-up police investigations;
- Committing to a review of Sarah’s Law to make it easier for parents and carers to ask the police if someone has a criminal record for child sexual offences;
- Supporting local areas to improve their response to exploitation through funding for the Home Office’s Prevention Programme;
- Preventing abuse by raising awareness through communications and engagement with parents and the wider public, as well as providing professionals with skills and resources to intervene early;
- Providing victims and survivors with the support they need to rebuild their lives, ensuring their rights are protected in the criminal justice system and investing to improve support services and embed best practice;
- Remaining at the forefront of international efforts to combat CSA, working with partners overseas to strengthen child protection systems in countries where children are particularly at-risk, and clamping down on individuals who travel abroad to rape and abuse children through investment in the National Crime Agency.
- Using new legislation and enhanced technology to stop offenders in their tracks, including introducing the ground-breaking Online Safety Bill and GCHQ collaborating with the tech industry to identify and develop solutions to crack down on large-scale online child sexual abuse.
You can view the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-child-sexual-abuse-…