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Victim Support Schemes

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 22 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much has been distributed from the Victims Fund in each year since its creation in 2004; (249662)

(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