The package will see:
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£15m to tackle domestic abuse- £10m will be
invested to curb domestic abuse, including by tackling
high-risk, high-harm perpetrators of domestic abuse through
early interventions using case management and one-to-one
interventions. There will also be a £5m fund to trial new
domestic abuse courts which will consider family and criminal
matters in parallel, providing more consistent support to
victims.
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£15m of funding for victims of rape and sexual abuse
to improve their experience of the justice
system. It will be used to hire independent
sexual advisers trained to guide and support victims through
the justice system, speed up charging decisions, and provide
extra online resources for victims of domestic abuse and
rape, including a single digital hub.
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Nearly £70m to toughen up community sentences and
strengthen the probation service by expanding
the use of GPS and sobriety tagging for offenders, tightening
curfews and increasing the hours of unpaid work that
offenders need to carry out.
This new investment builds on the progress made at last year’s
Spending Round, where the Government prioritised cutting crime
by providing funding to begin hiring 20,000 new police
officers, begin the delivery of 10,000 new prison places and to
reform the probation system.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, , said:
“Keeping our streets safe is one of the people’s
priorities- we are already delivering on this by hiring 20,000
new police officers and building 10,000 new prison
places.
“At Budget we will go even further with new funding to
toughen up community sentences, crack down on domestic abuse
and provide victims with the support they need.”
