Written Question · S3W-08569 · Session 3
How and where survivors of historic in-care and institutional abuse can access the appropriate services that they require to help them to r…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how and where survivors of historic in-care and institutional abuse can access the appropriate services that they require to help them to recover from the effects of the physical and psychological damage caused by such abuse; when specific proposals for survivors of historic in-care and institutional abuse will be brought forward as part of the Scottish Government’s wider Survivor Scotland strategy for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and who the providers of the services will be.
The answer
A range of national andlocal services are available to provide support to survivors of in-care andinstitutional abuse. I will announce proposals for improving the supportavailable to survivors in due course. I refer the member to the answer to questionS3W-7290 on 13 December 2007. All answersto written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-08569 by reference.