(2) which specialist services for victims of particular types of crime have received funding from the Government in each of the last five years; and how much was granted in each case.
Organisations providing specialist services for victims of crime receive resources from a wide range of funding streams. Information on this funding is not collated or held centrally.
The Victims Fund was established in 2004 to help top-up local funding for specialist services for victims of crime. The following table shows the total distribution since its commencement:
£ 2008-09 1.25 million Sexual Violence Third Sector 286,000 to date Hate Crime and Homicide initiatives Total 1.535million 2007-08 1.25 million Sexual Violence Third Sector 550,000 Hate Crime and Homicide initiatives Total 1.8 million 2006-07 1.25 million Sexual Violence and Abuse Third Sector 2005-06 to 2004-05 4 million Sexual Assault Referral Centres and Sexual Violence Third Sector