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<p>The Ministry of Justice currently provides more than £50 million funding for services supporting victims of crime. Victim Support receives £38 million of this funding with the remainder distributed to support a range of specialist services including rape support centres, services for adult victims of human trafficking and homicide support.</p><p>From 2014-15 onwards more money than ever before will be available for victims' services, with a current</p><p>forecast spend of at least £75 million. From October 2014 police and crime commissioners will start to commission the majority of services for victims and witnesses, including victim-led restorative justice, based on local priorities and consistent with the requirements of the Victims' Code.</p><p>The following table shows spend on each type of victims' service by the Ministry of Justice since 2009-10. The column for 2013-14 is based on our current financial forecast, with a potential future total budget of up to £100 million:</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">£million<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">2009-10<br /></td><td valign="top">2010-11<br /></td><td valign="top">2011-12<br /></td><td valign="top">2012-13<br /></td><td valign="top">2013-141<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Victimsupport -core funding for the Witness Service, Community Service andSupport line and Victim Support Homicide Service (including theNational Homicide Fund 2010-11only)<br /></td><td valign="top">38.2<br /></td><td valign="top">244.25<br /></td><td valign="top">38.22<br /></td><td valign="top">38.03<br /></td><td valign="top">38.25<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Homicideservices<br /></td><td valign="top">0.15<br /></td><td valign="top">0.42<br /></td><td valign="top">0.54<br /></td><td valign="top">0.57<br /></td><td valign="top">0.6<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Sexualviolence and domesticviolence<br /></td><td valign="top">1.24<br /></td><td valign="top">2.11<br /></td><td valign="top">7.3<br /></td><td valign="top">7.52<br /></td><td valign="top">7.7<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Trafficking<br /></td><td valign="top">0.91<br /></td><td valign="top">I.35<br /></td><td valign="top">1.5<br /></td><td valign="top">1.93<br /></td><td valign="top">2.1<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Roadtraffic<br /></td><td valign="top">0.03<br /></td><td valign="top">0.05<br /></td><td valign="top">0.28<br /></td><td valign="top">0.26<br /></td><td valign="top">0.24<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hatecrime<br /></td><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">0.25<br /></td><td valign="top">0.76<br /></td><td valign="top">0.76<br /></td><td valign="top">0.78<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Victimand Witness General Fund (anti-social behaviour, robbery and nonspecifiedcrime)<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">0.62<br /></td><td valign="top">0.6<br /></td><td valign="top">0.67<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Policeand crime commissioners (PCCs) to prepare for local commissioning andrestorativejustice<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Restorativejustice(non-PCCs)<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">—<br /></td><td valign="top">1.15<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Total<br /></td><td valign="top">40.53<br /></td><td valign="top">48.43<br /></td><td valign="top">49.22<br /></td><td valign="top">49.67<br /></td><td valign="top">69.49<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Forecast<br />2 The increase infunding in 2010-11 relates to a one off homicide fund in that year forVictimSupport.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p> |