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Written question asked by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 January 2013. It was answered by Helen Grant (Conservative) on Monday, 7 January 2013 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Fines: Surcharges

Question

(2) pursuant to the oral answer of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 699, on restorative justice, what financial support his Department has made available for restorative justice from the victims' surcharge in each of the last five years; what amount has been allocated from the victims' surcharge to restorative justice in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; what organisations received such funding; and what amount each such organisation received.

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Paul Goggins:

Answer

In the last five years, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has collected a total of £41,857,000 from the victim surcharge as follows:

Financial year
 £
2007-08
 3,776,000
2008-09
 8,055,000
2009-10
 9,249,000
2010-11
 10,504,000
2011-12
 10,273,000

In our response to the consultation ‘Getting it right for victims and witnesses’ in July 2012, we set out a package of reforms to increase and extend the use of the victim surcharge. On 1 October 2012 we implemented the first tranche of these reforms to increase the surcharge ordered on fines, and to extend the surcharge to a wider range of in-court disposals including community and custodial sentences.

For 2012-13 and 2013-14 we expect that the total amount collected in victim surcharge will reflect the impact of these recent reforms. Once the full package of reforms to the surcharge is implemented it is estimated that it will bring in up to an additional £20 million.

The revenue from the victim surcharge is included within the total funding granted by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to organisations which support victims and witnesses, including organisations that may support restorative justice as part of a wide range of support services. The organisations listed are specifically funded to support restorative justice:

Name of organisation
 Purpose
 Funding (£)
 Years
Milton Keynes Equality Council
 Provides caseworker support and counselling for victims using restorative justice.
 173,700
 2011-14
Restorative Solutions Community Interest Company
 Piloting and expanding the use of restorative justice across Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, London and Bedfordshire.
 147,000
 2011-14

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
135432; 556 cc158-9W
Session
2012-13
Related items
Restorative Justice
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Oral answers to questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Fines Victims Surcharges Reparation by offenders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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