Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on restorative justice in Greater Manchester in each year from 2010.

The government has demonstrated a long-term commitment to restorative justice through a number of national and local initiatives including:

• Grant funding of c£3.5m to the Restorative Justice Council since 2010 to deliver a programme of work to develop national standards for RJ practitioners, raise awareness and share best practice.

• c£1.2m to Restorative Solutions between 2013/14 and 2015/16 to deliver a pilot for pre-sentence restorative justice in 10 Crown Court centres (Manchester Crown Court participated in the pilot).

• Grant funding to Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013/14 and 2014/15 to develop the capacity and capability of RJ services and from 2015/16 to commission or deliver RJ services for victims as part of their wider support services for victims. NB. For 2016/17, the PCCs allocations do not have an indicative budget for RJ although they are still funded to provide RJ services.

• Investment through the Youth Justice Board of c£3m between 2011/12 and 2015/16 to develop restorative justice and improving the capability of Youth Offending Service staff and volunteers to deliver safe and effective restorative conferencing.

The table below sets out what element of this funding was allocated to Greater Manchester (where such a breakdown is possible).