Question follow-through · 60160

Victim Support Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the budget for victim and witness support services will be lower in 2025-26 than 2024-25.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
18 Jun 2025
Answer
24 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the budget for victim and witness support services will be lower in 2025-26 than 2024-25.

  2. 18 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice remains committed to supporting victims and witnesses of crime. For the 2025–26 financial year, the Department has protected funding levels for ringfenced sexual violence and domestic abuse support, maintaining them at the same lev...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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