Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on victims' support services in each year since 2010.

The government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime have access to a broad range of support services, to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. Since 2010, the spend on victims’ support services has increased significantly. From 2014, many of these services have been provided (with MoJ grant funding) by Police and Crime Commissioners. Further to this, the MoJ also funds national services, including the national homicide service and the court based witness service, as well as rape support centres across England and Wales.

Figures from 2014/15 onwards include total spend against the Victim and Witness Policy budget. This includes MoJ funding towards other victim and witness services, such as Registered Intermediaries, who provide assistance to the most vulnerable witnesses when attending court.

2010/11 - £48.43m*

2011/12 - £49.6m*

2012/13 - £50.26m*

2013/14 - £57.02m*

2014/15 - £89.37m

2015/16 - £97.99m

2016/17 – £96.51m

*Due to the length of time that it would take to retrieve these figures from archives, spend on victims’ support service from these years was taken from the response to PQ226875.