Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 8 October 2019.
Gloria De Piero
Shadow Minister (Justice)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money from the Victims Surcharge has been allocated to charities supporting victims in each year since 2010.
Gloria De Piero
Labour, Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money has been raised by the Victims Surchage in each year since 2010.
Lucy Frazer
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The correct answer should have been:
Income from the Victim Surcharge contributes to the Ministry of Justices’ Victim and Witness Budget (“the Budget”). This budget is used to fund Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who commission local support services for victims, and nationally commissioned support services including the National Homicide Service, Rape Support Centres, and the Court Based Witness Service. Income from the Victim Surcharge is forecast into the Budget at the beginning of each financial year. However, actual income raised from the Surcharge will fluctuate each year (depending on the amount imposed and collection rates). Should revenue raised from the Surcharge go above the forecast amount, the excess is put towards compensating victims through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Overall amounts are set out in the table below:
Financial Year | Victim Surcharge (VS) Collected *[1] | VS contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget* | Overall Victim and Witness Budget* |
2010/11 | £11 | £11 | £48m |
2011/12 | £10m | £10m | £48m |
2012/13 | £11 | £11 | £50m |
2013/14 | £20 | £20 | £57m |
2014/15 | £25 | £25 | £86m |
2015/16 | £28m | £18m | £92m |
2016/17 | £31m | £27 | £96m |
2017/18 | £35m | £31m | £97m |
*The amounts listed in the table have been rounded to the nearest £10m.
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Robert Buckland
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Income from the Victim Surcharge contributes to the Ministry of Justices’ Victim and Witness Budget (“the Budget”). This budget is used to fund Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who commission local support services for victims, and nationally commissioned support services including the National Homicide Service, Rape Support Centres, and the Court Based Witness Service. Income from the Victim Surcharge is forecast into the Budget at the beginning of each financial year. However, actual income raised from the Surcharge will fluctuate each year (depending on the amount imposed and collection rates). Should revenue raised from the Surcharge go above the forecast amount, the excess is put towards compensating victims through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Overall amounts are set out in the table below:
Financial Year | Victim Surcharge (VS) Collected *[1] | VS contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget* | Overall Victim and Witness Budget* |
2010/11 | £11 | £11 | £48m |
2011/12 | £10m | £10m | £48m |
2012/13 | £11 | £11 | £50m |
2013/14 | £20 | £20 | £57m |
2014/15 | £25 | £25 | £86m |
2015/16 | £28m | £18m | £92m |
2016/17 | £31m | £27 | £96m |
2017/18 | £35m | £31m | £97m |
*The amounts listed in the table have been rounded to the nearest £10m.
Yes3 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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