20 October 2017 – 480.2017-18 – Victim services’ expenditure

Request

For each financial year 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 (if possible. If not then please provide for calendar year): 

1. How much was spent by the PPC on services for:
   1. Victim’s services
   2. Sexual violence/ domestic violence

2. Broken down by year, please provide details of the types of sexual violence/ domestic violence programmes that were funded- e.g. refuge shelters, counselling, work with male perpetrators.

Response

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.  I can confirm that the information you have requested is held.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

The OPCC did not exist prior to 22nd November 2012 therefore there was no spend by the OPCC in the financial years 2009/10; 2010/11; or 2011/12. Between 2012 and 2014 services for victims were funded centrally by the Ministry for Justice.

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Victims services			£739,794	£963,852	£1,397,807
Sexual violence / domestic violence	£170,000	£172,000	£359,712	£622,352	£871,400

2. Broken down by financial year, please see the details below of the types of sexual violence/ domestic violence programmes that were funded- e.g. refuge shelters, counselling, work with male perpetrators.

	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
IDVA / ISVA service	*	*	*
Enhanced IDVA / ISVA service			*	*	*
Adult SARC Forensic Medical Examination service	*	*	*
Early Intervention Domestic Abuse Service					*
Domestic Abuse Community Engagement					*
Respect Young People’s Programme: Young Perpetrators of DA Service					*
HELP: Voluntary Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme (VDAPP)					*
Child Sexual Assault Assessment Service (CSAAS)					*
Adult SARC Forensic Medical Examination service, including Crisis Support				*	*

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.