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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Victim Support Schemes (9 June 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding from the public purse was provided to support victims' services in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)

Answer

The Government is committed to ensuring victims of crime are fully supported and is making more money available than ever before for victims' services. The table below shows the funding provided by the Ministry of Justice to organisations supporting victims of crime since the Department was formed in 2007.

Financial Year

Total funding to victim's services1

2007/08

£38.17m

2008/09

£39.32m

2009/10

£40.52m

2010/11

£48.43m

2011/12

£49.6m

2012/13

£50.45m

2013/14

£55.57m2

1 includes receipts from offenders through the Victim Surcharge (since 2007/08), increased Penalty Notices for Disorder and motoring Fixed Penalty Notices (since 2013/14), and Prisoners' Earning Act Income (since 2011/12).

2This figure does not include the PEA contribution as this has not yet been finalised and published. In addition, £20.8 million was made available to Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013/14, because it was provided late in the financial year only £4.95m of funding was able to be spent, however, the unspent amount remains available for PCCs to spend in 2014/15. Additionally, a small number of payments due to be made in 2013/14 had to be accrued for and were paid at the beginning of 2014/15.


Answered by:
Damian Green (Conservative)
17 June 2014

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