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<p>Revenue from the Victim Surcharge forms only one part of the Ministry of Justice’s
Victim and Witness budget. This budget is used to fund support services that help
victims to cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. The
budget also funds services to help witnesses to give their best evidence in court.
In 2018/19 the Victim and Witnesses budget was about £96m, of which £30.5m was revenue
raised from the Victim Surcharge. Most of this money went to Police and Crime Commissioners
(PCCs) to commission/deliver local services for victims of crime. The rest of the
budget is used to nationally commission support services, including the National Homicide
Service, the Court Based Witness Service and support for victims of rape and sexual
violence. It is not possible to identify which services receive funding directly from
the Victim Surcharge revenue. However, the table below sets out the value of grants
covering the Midlands in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>PCC Area</p></td><td><p>PCC
grant allocation to deliver local victim services in 2018/19</p></td><td><p>Grant
allocation to rape support centres in the PCC area in 2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>£1,211,079</p></td><td><p>£0*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>£1,243,516</p></td><td><p>£0*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>£864,044</p></td><td><p>£159,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>£852,090</p></td><td><p>£68,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£1,320,326</p></td><td><p>£159,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>£1,302,143</p></td><td><p>£159,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>£647,092</p></td><td><p>£234,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Mercia</p></td><td><p>£1,462,958</p></td><td><p>£272,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>£3,329,807</p></td><td><p>£356,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£12,233,055</p></td><td><p>£1,410,441</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
The Government is funding rape support centres in this area from 2019/20</p>
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