In August 2022, the Ministry of Justice agreed to an uplift of £6m to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) ‘core’ funding for 2022/23 to commission local victim support services.
The additional £6m has been allocated across the 42 PCC areas using the same population formula used for the current ‘core’ funding, based on 2020 ONS data. For Cleveland this means an additional £57,244.20.
Working with our locally commissioned victim referral service (Safer Communities Limited, Victim Care and Advice Service) we propose to spend this additional allocation as below between 1 September 2022 – 31 March 2023:
- £31,784 for the introduction of a Fraud Victim Advocate that will develop effective processes to help support victims of fraud recover their financial losses in cases there they would not have been able to do so without Safer Communities VCAS support.
- £25,460 for the development of a youth focussed offer within Safer Communities VCAS to understand young victims experience and understand what they want and need from a victim support service.
The Ministry of Justice have yet to confirm whether this funding will be available in future years, regardless of this and to support future planning both additions as described above will be evaluated to evidence impact.
Decision Notice 2022-0021: Core Victims Funding Uplift 2022/23 (application, 172kB)