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<p>The Government is carrying out a review of the Transparency of the Parole Board
and victim support, which we expect will be concluded by Easter, when will set out
our next steps.</p><p> </p><p>We have already made good progress in making victim
contact more compassionate, clearer and more informative, the ongoing review will
ensure we improve services and better support victims.</p><p>The staffing budget dedicated
to the Victim Contact Scheme has increased from £8.0 million to £9.6 million since
the creation of the NPS in 2014 and the number of VLOs has increased nationally from
169 to 189 staff over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>There has also been a significant
increase in the number of administrative staff, from 47 to 76 posts, employed to support
the work of VLOs, which has freed up VLOs so they can focus on better supporting victims.</p><p>
</p><p>The information requested by the hon Member for Leeds East, Richard Burgon,
is not available. The current national victim’s database was only introduced in April
2016 and data migration of active cases from previous databases was not fully completed
until February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data currently held on the national victims’ database
indicates that the average caseload by region for the last two years for a Victim
Liaison Officer is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>NE</p></td><td><p>NW</p></td><td><p>SE</p></td><td><p>SW</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov
2016</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov
2017</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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