Graham Stringer
Labour, Blackley and Broughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice who the beneficiaries have been of the victim surcharge since it was introduced.
Crispin Blunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Prisons and Probation)
The following table shows how funding was committed from Victim Surcharge receipts each year from 2007-08 to 2009-10. Any shortfall has been met from savings in other areas of the Ministry of Justice.
| £ | ||||
| Recipient | Department | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
| Independent Domestic Violence Adviser Services | Ministry of Justice | 3 million | 2.6 million | 2.6 million |
| Witness Care Units | Crown Prosecution Service | 3 million | 2.6 million | 2.6 million |
| Victim Support Plus | Ministry of Justice | 5.7 million | 7 million | 6.2 million |
| Victims Fund(1) | Ministry of Justice and the Home Office | (2)1.75 million | (3)1.75 million | (4)1,770474 |
| Grand total | - | l3.45 million | 13.95 million | 13,170,474 |
| (1) The Victims Fund provides funding for voluntary organisations supporting victims of sexual violence, murder/manslaughter and hate crime. For 2009-10 this was combined with £1 million funding from the Government Equalities Office. The fund is allocated annually via competitive tender. (2) £1.25 million Sexual violence, £250,000 Hate Crime and £250,000 Homicide. (3) £1.25 million Sexual violence, £250,000 Hate Crime and £250,000 Homicide. (4) £1.25 million Sexual violence, £250,000 Hate Crime and £270,474 Homicide. | ||||
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