Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help protect funding streams for specialist domestic abuse services.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones
Supporting victims and witnesses remains a priority focus for the Department and ministers. Collectively we are committed to the Government’s pledge to halve Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in a decade.
As such, I have decided to protect VAWG victims’ spending in the Department by maintaining the same levels of funding for domestic abuse and sexual violence support for the next financial year (2025/26). Furthermore, in addition to providing a ‘core’ grant for services to support victims of all crime, I am providing ringfenced funding for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to commission domestic abuse and sexual violence support services, according to local need.
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