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Crime: Finance

Answer

In 2010-11 the Home Office made available funding to 144 voluntary and community organisations working to prevent young people's involvement in knife and gun crime through the Community Fund. A list of the successful applicants to the fund can be found at:"http://grantsadmin.co.uk/homeoffice_communityfund/documents/FinalSuccessfulApplicantsListV2080709.doc"The Home Office also provided funding to the Prince's Trust who gave out 67 awards through the Ben Kinsella Fund for the 2010-11 financial year.In 2011-12 the Home Office will be making available £2 million to voluntary and community organisations working to prevent young people's involvement in knife and gun crime though the communities against guns, gangs and knives fund (CAGGK). Over 600 applications were submitted for funding.Applications are currently being assessed and applicants will be informed of the outcome shortly.In addition, to the funding above for specific work to prevent gun and knife crime among young people, the Home Office also provided funding of over £2.8 million in 2010-11 to 53 voluntary and community organisations to deliver Positive Futures, a community based prevention programme targeting vulnerable 10 to 19-year-olds at risk of becoming involved in crime and substance misuse. In 2011-12, the Home Office is continuing to fund these 53 organisations at the same level.In 2010-11 the Home Office provided grant funding across 44 voluntary and community organisations towards the costs of employing 44 independent sexual violence advisers (ISVAs). In 2011-12 the Home Office is providing grant funding of £1.18 million spread across 59 voluntary and community organisations towards the costs of employing 59 ISVAs. Grants to the national bodies Rape Crisis (England and Wales) and Survivors Trust are also being made. These grants are paid towards the core funding costs of their national head offices.A list of the organisations supported for ISVA posts can be found at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/isva-funding"In 2010-11 the Home Office paid £950,000 to the Ministry of Justice as a contribution to the Poppy Project to fund care for trafficking victims of sexual exploitation, and £142,045 to Migrant Helpline to fund care for victims of Forced Labour Trafficking.In 2011-12 the Home Office will be contributing £1 million to the Ministry of Justice to fund care for human trafficking victims through the new prime contractor model to be delivered by the Salvation Army from 1 July 2011. £50,000 of this will be paid to Migrant Helpline to cover the cost of victim care provided by them during the transition phase between 1 April 2011 and 30 June 2011.In 2010-11 the Home Office provided grant funding to voluntary and community organisations which work at a national level to support the victims of domestic violence to: Co-ordinated Action against Domestic Abuse (CAADA), Women's Aid, Refuge, Broken Rainbow, Eaves Housing and Respect.In 2011-12 the Home Office has provided grant funding: to Co-ordinated Action against Domestic Abuse (CAADA), Women's Aid, Refuge, Broken Rainbow, Eaves Housing and Respect.The Home Office has also provided funding to 13 voluntary and community organisations in 2010-11 and to 92 organisations in 2011-12. A list of those organisations who received funding in 2011-12 for IDVAs can be found at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/violence-against-women-girls/idva/"This will also cover local authorities.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

60565; 530 c203-5W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Crime prevention Crime Finance Young people

Link

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