NSPCC: 'Not enough support for sexually abused children'

Jon Brown, from the NSPCC's sexual abuse programme, said there was not enough support available for children who had been sexually abused.

There were 31,000 offences recorded in the year up to April 2014, up 8,500 on the previous year.

According to the figures, compiled by a Freedom of Information request, most of the victims were aged between 12 and 16.