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Courts: Surcharges

Questions

Asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): The victims surcharge raised £3.8 million in 2007-08, the year of introduction, and £8 million in 2008-09.

All of the money raised from the surcharge contributed to direct non-financial support for victims and witnesses of crime. Funding was committed as follows:

2007-08/2008-09/2009-10

£3 million/£2.6 million/£2.6 million to fund independent domestic violence adviser services.

£3 million/£2.6 million/£2.6 million to the Crown Prosecution Service as a contribution to the cost of providing Witness Care Units under the No Witness No Justice initiative.

£5.6 million/£7 million/£6.2 million to the Victim Support National Centre to fund enhanced services to victims and witnesses under the Victim Support Plus initiative.

Additionally, £1.75 million was allocated to the Victims Fund each year, which has contributed to the funding of the organisations shown in the table below.

Money raised from the surcharge has not been used to refurbish witness waiting areas in magistrates' courts, nor has it been used to pay witness expenses, and there are no present plans for it to be used in this way.

There are currently no plans to pay compensation to victims of crime from surcharge funds. The explanatory memorandum accompanying the enabling legislation for the victims surcharge makes it clear that surcharge money should be used to fund services helping victims of crime and witnesses.



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Victims Fund—annual grants made towards support for victims of sexual violence and abuse (in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10)
Government Office Region£

London

Respond

50,000

One-in-Four

48,510

Lilith Project Eaves Housing

30,104

Step Forward

32,190

Galop

35,122

National Coverage

CIS'ters

37,088

Voice UK

28,000

Survivors UK

30,000

North East

Women's Support Network

28,038

Redcar and Cleveland Women's Aid

41,724

East

South Essex Rape and Crisis Centre (SERICC)

49,291

HEAL (Helping Everyone Abused Live)

38,038

Colchester Rape Crisis Line

21,931

North West

Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre Cheshire and Merseyside (Previously Warrington Rape Crisis)

35,370

Manchester Rape Crisis

25,635

South East

RASAC- Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (Winchester)

26,000

Survivors’ Network

10,406

Southampton Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre

47,804

No Limits

26,000

Yorkshire and Humberside

Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service

45,106

Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre

44,607

Grimsby and Scunthorpe Rape Crisis

49,146

Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service

18,672

SouthWest

Womankind (Bristol Women's Therapy Centre)

41,202

Survivors Swindon

35,900

Plymouth Rape and Sexual Abuse Line

12,450

Twelve's Company

35,827

Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Cornwall (WRASAC)

32,416

West Midlands

Sexual and Domestic Abuse and Rape Advise Centre (SARAC)

15,250

Worcestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre

28,445

Coventry Rape Crisis

35,424

The Rape and Sexual Abuse Violence Project (Birmingham)

21,090

South Wales

New Pathways

23,660

North Wales

Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (North Wales)

25,525

East Midlands

Derbyshire Rape Crisis

19,450

Nottingham Rape Crisis

41,108

Sexual Abuse and Incest Line (SAIL)

17,767

Northamptonshire Rape and Incest Crisis

20,000

Crisis Point

15,368

Walsall Street Teams (The Jigsaw Project)

30,000

Total:

1,249,664

Grants for 2009-10 from the Victims Fund to support victims of hate crime and homicide have not yet been allocated. We expect to be able to make an announcement about the allocations in June.

Victims Fund — grants made towards support for victims of homicide2007-08 £2008-09 £

Government Office Region

London

Victims of Crime Trust

17,724

17,700

Victim Support London

25,620

North East

National Victims’ Association

25,000

30,985

Victim Support and Witness Service

3,980

East

Barnardo’s

27,455

Victim Support Bedfordshire

7,313

19,954.08

North West

Greater Manchester Police

40,000

SAMM Merseyside

18,950

20,450

South East

The Child Bereavement Trust

18,710

20,887

Yorkshire and Humberside

SAMM South Yorkshire

2,868

West Yorkshire Police

13,000

South West

Winston's Wish

49,380

Total:

250,000

109,976.08


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