<p>More money than ever before will be available for services to support victims of crime, with a potential budget of up to £100 million. Changes to the Victim Surcharge will provide up to £50 million more per year for victims' services. This has the potential to double the Ministry of Justice's current spending of around £50 million on support provision.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are best placed to understand the needs of victims in their communities which is why they will be responsible for commissioning local victims' services from October 2014 and will make decisions on which services will be commissioned in their area, based on the needs of the local community. Some services will be nationally commissioned by the Ministry of Justice such as services for victims of human trafficking and the homicide service.</p><p>PCCs will be provided with a budget from the Ministry of Justice to commission victims' services and they were notified of the percentage allocation of the victims' services budget they will receive on 9 September 2013. The table is as follows. PCCs will be receiving their indicative budgets shortly.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Policeforceareas<br /></td><td valign="top">Populationformula1(percentage)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">AvonandSomerset<br /></td><td valign="top">2.86<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Bedfordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.10<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cambridgeshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.44<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cheshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.82<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cleveland<br /></td><td valign="top">0.99<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Cumbria<br /></td><td valign="top">0.88<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Derbyshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.81<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">DevonandCornwall<br /></td><td valign="top">2.97<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Dorset<br /></td><td valign="top">1.33<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Durham<br /></td><td valign="top">1.10<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Dyfed-Powys<br /></td><td valign="top">0.91<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Essex<br /></td><td valign="top">3.08<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Gloucestershire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.06<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">GreaterManchester<br /></td><td valign="top">4.78<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Gwent<br /></td><td valign="top">1.02<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hampshire<br /></td><td valign="top">3.39<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Hertfordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">2.00<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Humberside<br /></td><td valign="top">1.63<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Kent<br /></td><td valign="top">3.09<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lancashire<br /></td><td valign="top">2.59<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Leicestershire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.81<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Lincolnshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.27<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Merseyside<br /></td><td valign="top">2.45<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">London(Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and City of LondonPolice)<br /></td><td valign="top">14.69<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Norfolk<br /></td><td valign="top">1.53<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthWales<br /></td><td valign="top">1.22<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthYorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.42<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Northamptonshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.24<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Northumbria<br /></td><td valign="top">2.52<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Nottinghamshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.94<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SouthWales<br /></td><td valign="top">2.28<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SouthYorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">2.39<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Staffordshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.95<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Suffolk<br /></td><td valign="top">1.29<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Surrey<br /></td><td valign="top">2.02<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Sussex<br /></td><td valign="top">2.87<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">ThamesValley<br /></td><td valign="top">4.06<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Warwickshire<br /></td><td valign="top">0.97<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">WestMercia<br /></td><td valign="top">2.17<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">WestMidlands<br /></td><td valign="top">4.88<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">WestYorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">3.96<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Wiltshire<br /></td><td valign="top">1.22<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Based on ONS’ Mid-2012 Population Estimates for England andWales (aged 0+) rounded to 2 decimalplaces.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p>