Sexual Offences

Chris Huhne
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been provided by central government for (a) sexual assault referral centres and (b) rape crisis centres in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency; and how much funding was provided for such centres located in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas.

Jacqui Smith
Based on the best available information, the approximated total of grants awarded to sexual assault referral centres for each of the last five years is set out in table 1:

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|       |Source                  |Total (£)|
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|2004-05|Home Office SARC Funding|310,000  |
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|2005-06|Home Office SARC Funding|709,000  |
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|2006-07|Home Office SARC Funding|620,000  |
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|2007-08|Home Office SARC Funding|805,000  |
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|2008-09|Home Office SARC Funding|663,000  |
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The information provided is not available broken down by constituency level or by rural or urban areas and to do so would incur disproportionate costs.

The Government have provided funding to rape crisis centres in a variety of ways over the past five years including core funding to the national umbrella organisation, Rape Crisis England and Wales and its predecessor bodies as well as funding for Independent Sexual Violence Advisers—a number of which are based in rape crisis centres.

Based on the best available evidence, the approximated total of central Government grants to rape crisis centres awarded from the Victims’ Fund, Home Office funding for Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) and the Special Fund to Rape Crisis Centres, for each of the last five years is set out in table 2:

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|       |Source                                                    |Total (£)|
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|2004-05|Victim’s Fund                                             |199,270  |
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|2005-06|Victim’s Fund                                             |543,607  |
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|2006-07|Victim’s Fund and Home Office (ISVA) funding              |631,038  |
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|2007-08|Victim’s Fund and Home Office (ISVA) funding              |862,315  |
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|2008-09|Victim’s Fund, Home Office (ISVA) funding and special fund|1,744,089|
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This information is not available broken down by constituency level or by rural or urban areas and to do so would incur disproportionate costs.