Dan Jarvis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of young person’s advocates in supporting young victims of crime.

Norman Baker

The Home Office is funding 13 Young People’s Advocates posts for three
years (April 2012 – March 2015) to provide direct support to young women who
have been victims, or are at risk of, sexual violence by gangs. The full
breakdown of posts, organisations and areas covered is available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/support-for-young-victims-of-sexual-violence-
and-gangs

Measures are in place to conduct an assessment of perceptions of the scheme
among Young People’s Advocates and local practitioners in the areas where they
are based.