Danczuk questions Secretary of State for Justice

Simon Danczuk MP

Simon Danczuk MP has asked the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to ensure that resources for victims' services are maintained once the commissioning of services is devolved to police and crime commissioners and if he will assess the merits of ring-fencing the resources for victims' services which are devolved to police and crime commissioners.

Crispin Blunt (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Prisons and Probation), Justice, said: "In the consultation document ‘Getting it right for Victims and Witnesses’ the Government set out proposals to raise up to an additional £50 million annually from offenders, to be used for support services for victims and witnesses, in addition to the considerable sums already made available by Government for that purpose.

"The consultation closed on 22 April and as we consider the many responses we have received we shall certainly look at how to ensure that funding for victims and witnesses is used as intended."