Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 2014-06-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what particular projects under the Department of Health and the Department for Education will be funded in the current spending review period as a result of the allocation of £40 million for specialist domestic and sexual violence services.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach

Over the spending review period the £40 million ring-fenced funding for specialist domestic and sexual violence services consists of £28 million
allocated by the Home Office. This funding is provided directly to local areas not other government departments and is used to support independent domestic violence advisors, independent sexual violence advisers, and Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinators. £900,000 a year is used towards the running costs of national help lines for victims of domestic violence and stalking.

The Ministry of Justice contribution of £12 million is used to fund 78 local rape support schemes.