PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Intimate Image Abuse (27 January 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her policy is on continuing direct grant funding from her Department to support the revenge porn helpline.
Asked by:
Sarah Champion (Labour)
Asked by:
Sarah Champion (Labour)
Answer
The Revenge Porn Helpline has received over 5000 calls relating to over 1200 individual cases since it opened in 2015. The Government Equalities Office has funded the first two years of the service and provided just under £180,000 over this period. Future funding decisions will be announced later in the year.
Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
2 February 2017
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