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	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes: North Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much core grant was provided to fund Victim Support services in the (a) Crown Court Witness Service and (b) Magistrates' Court Witness Service in North Yorkshire in each year since 2004-05.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	198526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice provides a core grant of £38m to Victim Support of which £12m is used to fund the provision of emotional and practical support for witnesses at criminal courts who wish to receive this service.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not routinely collect data on how this funding is distributed by Victim Support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 16/06/2014 10:03:26 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

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	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime and witnesses were supported by the Witness Service at (a) York Crown Court and (b) York Magistrages' Court in each year since 2004-05.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	198529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not routinely collect this data. Victim Support has provided the data based on available information.</p><p>As part of its Grant in Aid to Victim Support, the Ministry of Justice requires the provision of a court based witness service.</p><p>Victim Support has provided the following figures for 2009/10-2013/14 showing the number of people supported:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York</strong><strong> Magistrates' Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>717</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>701</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst crime rates continue to fall, Victim Support continues to support all witnesses who wish to receive support when attending court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 12/06/2014 09:25:46 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley