§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the total Home Office budget is spent on victim support; and what actual sums have been allocated for 1992–93 and the current financial year.
§ Mr. JackIn 1992–93 Home Office grant aid to the national charity Victim Support amounted to £7.3 million, while provisional outturn expenditure by the Home Office on criminal injuries compensation amounted to £145 million. The Scottish Office contributed a further £21.7 97W million. In 1993–94 Home Office grant aid to Victim Support will increase by 15 per cent. to £8.4 million, while Home Office vote provision for criminal injuries compensation is £187.9 million.
Home Office vote provision for supporting victims of crime in the current year accordingly amounts to 3.3 per cent. of the total Home Office vote provision of £5.9 billion.