Between March and May 2009 the Government undertook the largest ever cross-government consultation on violence against women and girls with the public and with frontline experts and staff.
The following funding was provided by the Government towards the violence against women and girls consultation:
(a) The total amount spent on the consultation process was approximately £425,000.
(b) Production and distribution of the consultation document came to £10,000.
(c) The MORI poll conducted cost £14,000.
(d) The amount spent on the mobile roadshows during the 12 week consultation, including staffing, was in the region of £380,000. This includes the following:
Nine regional stakeholder events attended by nearly 800 professionals;
On-line consultation questions—more than 5,000 surveys were completed and 2,930 consultation documents were downloaded.
We received approximately 1,000 e-mails to the consultation inbox.
25 focus groups facilitated by the Women’s National Commission with over 300 particularly marginalised and disadvantaged women, including asylum seekers and refugees, women involved in prostitution and victims of domestic and sexual violence.
The roadshow bus which visited 40 towns across England. Approximately 20,000 leaflets were distributed and 2,400 surveys were returned.
In total 10,000 people responded to the consultation in person or online.
(e) The current production, distribution and launch costs of the final strategy document are £20,000. It is possible that due to high demand, further copies will need to be produced.