Home Office written question – answered at on 29 July 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase support available to victims of child abuse when they are attending court.
The Government is committed to meeting the needs of vulnerable victims and witnesses. It provides the Witness Intermediary Scheme to assist those with communication difficulties, including victims of child abuse.
The majority of requests for Registered Intermediaries (RIs) - a communications specialist who helps witnesses with communication difficulties - concern the assistance of children.
In 2019, RIs assisted more than 4,500 children, 560 of whom were less than 5 years old.
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