HC Deb 26 February 2001 vol 363 c473W
Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the organisations to which he gave grants for the support of(a) murder victims and (b) victims of crime other than murder, and the amount per organisation, for each of the last three years for which figures are available. [150562]

Mr. Charles Clarke

In the past three years the Home Office has given grant to Support After Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM), which offers help to relatives and friends of homicide victims, and to Victim Support which, as part of its wider support services to victims of crime and witnesses, supports those bereaved by homicide. Grant details are given in the table.

1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Support After Murder and Manslaughter (£ million)
43,000 100,000 100.000
Victim Support (£) 12.682 17.500 18.600

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the organisations to which he gave grants for the support of those killed in or as a result of road crashes, and the amount per organisation, for each of the last three years for which figures are available. [150563]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Home Office has provided £23,000 per annum since 1999 to the road safety organisation BRAKE for the supply of the booklets "Coping with grief" and "Procedures following a death on the road in England and Wales" free of charge to all the police forces in England and Wales., for the families of those killed in road crashes.

From April 2001 the Home Office will pay BRAKE an additional £15,000 per annum for administration costs and training undertaken in connection with the use of the booklets.