Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase support for victims of crime in Nottinghamshire.

The government is committed to making sure 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. In 2017/18 we spent £97m to fund support services for victims of crime, we are forecast to spend broadly the same in 2018-19.

The Ministry of Justice provides approximately £68m of this funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) to commission victim support services locally, based on the needs identified in their area. Just over £1.3m of this was allocated to the PCC for Nottinghamshire.

My officials are considering longer-term and more sustainable funding arrangements as part of our work to develop a new delivery model for supporting victims and witnesses of crime. This work will form part of the Government’s Victims Strategy to be published shortly.