HC Deb 21 December 1999 vol 341 cc483-4W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the budget allocation for victim support in each year since 1995 per head of population in England. [103346]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Home Office grant to Victim Support is provided to deliver services to victims of crime and witnesses across England and Wales. An estimate of the grant allocation to Victim Support per head of population in England and Wales, since 1995, is given in the table.

Year Total grant(£million) Population of England and Wales1 Grant per head of population(£)
1995–96 10.8 51,820,000 0.21
1996–97 11.7 52,010,000 0.22
1997–98 12.7 52,211,000 0.24
1998–99 12.7 52,428,000 0.24
1999–2000 17.3 52,428,000 0.33
1 Source of population data: Population Trends (autumn 1999), published by the Office for National Statistics

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what budget has been allocated to victim support each year since 1995 per police authority. [103315]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Home Office grant to Victim Support is allocated by the Local Funding Panel, a sub-committee of the organisation's National Council. Victim Support advise that they are unable, at present, to provide a breakdown of grant allocation by police authority area.