Homicide: Victim Support Schemes
(asked on 8th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims bereaved by homicide received support from Victim Support under the National Homicide Service in each region of England and in Wales in each year since 2011.
On the basis of information supplied by Victim Support,organised by region, the number of individuals referred to the Victim Support Homicide Service by the police, and through the FCO (where the homicide occurred abroad), for support where consent for contact by the Service was given by the individual, is:
| 2010/2011 | 2011/2012 | 2012/2013 | 2013/2014 |
North West | 312 | 259 | 219 | 322 |
North East | 262 | 263 | 227 | 316 |
London | 272 | 242 | 202 | 287 |
South West | 287 | 273 | 207 | 302 |
South East | 310 | 255 | 225 | 315 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total | 1443 | 1292 | 1080 | 1542 |
|
|
|
|
|