Catherine McKinnell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of Crown Prosecution Service expenditure on (a) victim liaison units and (b) witness care units in real terms in each year since 2010-11.
Robert Buckland
It is not possible to provide the actual expenditure on Witness Care Units (WCUs) and Victim Liaison Units (VLUs) without incurring a disproportionate cost since this information is not separately captured by the CPS. However, the total budget allocated for the administration of WCUs and VLUs in each year since 2010-11 is detailed in the following table;
|
|
WCUs |
VLU’s |
|
2010-11 |
£5,500,000 |
– |
|
2011-12 |
£4,000,000 |
– |
|
2012-13 |
£4,000,000 |
– |
|
2013-14 |
£4,000,000 |
– |
|
2014-15 |
£2,500,000 |
£1,500,000 |
In each of the last four years the CPS has allocated £2.5 million of its Voted expenditure to WCUs. The remainder of the total CPS allocation was funded by income from the Ministry of Justice, via the Victims Surcharge up to and including 2013-14.
Witness attendance rates (which are used as a proxy for satisfaction) have remained above 80%.
