Justice written question – answered at on 20 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding he plans to provide to third sector organisations supporting the victims of crime in each of the next five years.
The following table shows the funding which will be provided by the Ministry of Justice to third sector organisations supporting victims of crime in the next three years:
Funding amount (£) | |
2011-12 | (1)48,516,614 |
2012-13 | 48,426,535.56 |
2013-14 | 48,623,676.52 |
2014-15 | (2)— |
2015-16 | (2)— |
(1) In 2011-12 the charity Victim Support will receive, in addition to its grant funding, a sum yet to be determined raised under the Prisoners' Earnings Act. Over the 12 month period from 26 September 2011 to 30 September 2012 Victim Support will receipt up to £1 million from this source. (2) Spending plans not yet decided. Decisions on funding beyond 2013-14 have not yet been made. The recently published consultation, "Getting it right for victims and witnesses" sets out our intention to raise additional monies from offenders to be spent on new services for victims. It also proposes that police and crime commissioners take on the role of commissioning victims' services in their local area so they in future will determine the organisations which will be funded, having made an assessment of the needs of victims in the community. |
Responsiveness to local circumstances will be a key benefit of the commissioning model that is being proposed and funding will be allocated to organisations that are able to meet local need as assessed by the police and crime commissioners.
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