§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sums of money his Department will in future make available each year for independent charities providing support for victims by victims; and what procedures there will be for applying for such funding. [150457]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Government are considering the allocation of grant to victims programmes and hope to make an announcement shortly.
§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sums of money his Department has given each year, from 1995 to date to(a) Victim Support, (b) other independent victim charities, and the amounts per charity, and (c) other victim support organisations with non-charitable status, and the amounts per organisation; and what proportion of the above amounts had gone to provide support for bereaved and injured road traffic victims (i) via Victim Support, (ii) via the independent victim charities and (iii) via the other victim support organisations with non-charitable status. [150458]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe available information about Home Office grant given to victim support organisations since 1995 is summarised in the table.
Victim Support (£ million) Support after murder and manslaughter (£) Other victim support organizations (£) 1995–96 10.817 0 0 1996–97 11.682 0 0 1997–98 12.682 0 0 1998–99 12.682 43,000 0 1999–2000 17.500 100,000 0 2000–01 18.600 100,000 0 Information about the proportion of such grant which might have gone to provide support for victims of road traffic incidents is not available.
Since 1999 the Home Office has also provided £23,000 a year to the road safety organisation, BRAKE, for the supply of the booklets 'Coping with grief' and 254W 'Procedures following a death on the road in England and Wales'. The booklets are distributed free of charge by the police to the families of those killed in road crashes.