{"value":{"id":1751271,"askingMemberId":5359,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","uin":"21176","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help protect funding streams for specialist domestic abuse services.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4849,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-06T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Supporting victims and witnesses remains a priority focus for the Department and ministers. Collectively we are committed to the Government’s pledge to halve Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in a decade.</p><p>As such, I have decided to protect VAWG victims’ spending in the Department by maintaining the same levels of funding for domestic abuse and sexual violence support for the next financial year (2025/26). Furthermore, in addition to providing a ‘core’ grant for services to support victims of all crime, I am providing ringfenced funding for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to commission domestic abuse and sexual violence support services, according to local need.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1751271","method":"GET"}]}