Written question asked by Jeremy Browne (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 26 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 February 2007. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Thursday, 8 February 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Victim Fund

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many voluntary service organisations (a) bid for funding and (b) were awarded funding from the Victim Fund in each year for the last five years; and how much was awarded.

Answer

[holding answer 2 February 2006]: The Government have invested £5.25 million into the sexual violence and abuse sector through the Victims Fund over the last three years, with over £3 million going directly to voluntary and community sector organisations.The following table provides a breakdown of the number of applicants; number of voluntary and community sector organisations funded; and total grand awards for each year.

	Applicants	VCS organisations funded	Total funding (£)
2004-05	93	46	650,000
2005-06	217	60	1.9 million
2006-07	181	45	1.2 million

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 117807; 456 c1092-3W;456 c1095W
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Victims Fund
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Victim Fund

Secondary information

Librarians' tools