Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to devolve the Victims' Fund to Police and Crime Commissioners.

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.

We are spending an estimated £96m this year to fund support services for victims of crime through a mix of local and nationally commissioned services. From this budget, we have again allocated Police and Crime Commissioners around £68m to locally commission emotional and practical support services for victims of crime.

As part of our victims strategy, due to be published in summer, we are developing a new delivery model for support services. We will consider options for further devolution as part of this work.