Victim Support

HC Deb 01 March 1999 vol 326 cc565-6W

Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Government funding for Victim Support has been for each of the last 12 years. [73553]

Mr. Boateng

The Home Office grant to Victim Support in each of the last 12 financial years is as follows:

Financial Year	Grant (£ million)
1987–88	1.763
1988–89	2.740
1989–90	3.910

Financial Year	Grant (£ million)
1990–91	4.735
1991–92	5.670
1992–93	7.260
1993–94	8.375
1994–95	10.016
1995–96	10.817
1996–97	11.682
1997–98	12.682
1998–99	12.682

As announced on 23 February 1999, Official Report, column 210, the grant is being increased substantially from 1 April 1999 and, by 2001–02, will have risen to some £19 million, a 50 per cent. increase over the current figure.