§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the level of funding for victim support in the current financial year; and which plan he has to increase this sum;
(2) what is the expected level of funding for victim support in 1994–95.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 21 October 1993]: Home Office grant aid to Victim Support in the current financial year will amount to £8.375 million, an increase of 15 per cent. on last year's grant of £7.26 million.
In November 1991, we informed Victim Support that the increase in funding it would be receiving over the next three years would be £7.3 million, £8.3 million and £8.6 million, respectively. We made it clear that it would need to devise budgets to operate within this level of funding and that there could be no expectation of further increases.
Details of Home Office funding for 1994–95 will be made known as soon as possible.