The national domestic violence budgets contribute towards the delivery of the cross-Government National Delivery Plan for Domestic Violence, which focuses on a range of key work objectives covering early intervention and prevention through to support for victims and the management of perpetrators of domestic violence.
The allocated budget for England and Wales since 2003-04 was as follows:
2003-04: £7.145 million to £6 million allocated to the Violence Against Women Initiative within the Crime Reduction Programme; £1 million allocated to a national awareness raising campaign; £145,000 allocated to domestic violence victims with no recourse to public funds.
2004-05: £1.65 million to £1.1 million allocated to the Government Offices for the Regions for local delivery against the Government’s objectives; £50,000 allocated to implement the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; and £500,000 allocated to a national awareness raising campaign.
2005-06: £5.5 million to £3 million allocated to the Government Offices for the Regions for local delivery against the Government’s objectives; £1 million allocated to support the development of the Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC) Programme; £1 million allocated to fund a variety of projects including a matrix of national domestic violence helplines; and £500,000 allocated to a national awareness raising campaign.
2006-07: £6 million to £3 million allocated to the Government Offices for the Regions for local delivery against the Government’s objectives; £1 million allocated to support the SDVC Programme; £1 million allocated to develop Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) services for SDVC Programme areas; and £1 million allocated to fund a variety of projects including a matrix of national domestic violence helplines.
2007-08: £8.85 million to £3 million allocated to develop IDVA services; £2 million allocated to the Government Offices for the Regions for local delivery against the Government’s objectives; £2 million allocated to fund a variety of projects including a matrix of national domestic violence helplines; and £1.85 million allocated to develop Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs).
In addition to this, the Supporting People programme provides housing-related support for victims and their children. The following allocations were made in the last four years:
£ million 2003-04 57 2004-05 56.9 2005-06 59.3 2006-07 61.6
The following funding has been received by Teesside, Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland in each of the last five years:
2003-04: Middlesbrough was granted an additional year’s funding from the Violence Against Women Initiative of £57,802 to continue running the My Sister’s Place support services for victims of domestic violence. During the same year Cleveland police were allocated £60,000.
2004-05: A total of £60,000 was allocated to Hartlepool, Stockton, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland to develop and pilot a perpetrator programme.
2005-06: The Tees Valley area was allocated £75,000 towards the rollout of the perpetrator programme across the four areas.
2006-07: The four areas received £89,000 to add value to the existing work and delivery of Community Safety Partnership domestic violence strategies, including training for Domestic Violence Co-ordinators, supporting the development of the SDVC Programme, and support and training for IDVAs. In addition to this, My Sister’s Place received £20,000 to provide IDVAs to support Cleveland’s SDVC.
2007-08: The four areas received £48,000 to address priorities aligned to the Government’s domestic violence agenda, including support for the development and implementation of MARACs, support and training for IDVAs, support in relation to the ongoing development and implementation of SDVCs, support for sub-regional domestic violence training, and support for non-mandatory perpetrator programmes.
£20,000 continuation funding for IDVAs was provided to My Sister’s Place, and a further £15,000 for MARAC administration within the Cleveland SDVC area.