Social Development
Question by:
Hon Gillion Bosman
Answered by:
Hon Sharna Fernandez
Question Number:
2
Question Body:
With reference to the number of cases referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) pertaining to gender-based violence, femicide and domestic violence in the Western Cape:
- How many of the referred cases (a) required psycho-social support services and (b) received psycho-social support services in (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18, (iii) 2018/19, (iv) 2019/20 and (v) 2020/21 to date;
- whether there are instances of cases not being referred to the provincial Department of Social Development; if so, what was the reason for this?
Answer Body:
a) No information is available on number of cases referred to SAPS.
(b) The following is a breakdown of the number of victims of crime that accessed psycho-social services from Victim Empowerment Programme.
16/17 FY | 17/18 FY | 18/19 FY | 19/20 FY | 20/21 Q1 |
19 962 | 21 243 | 20 380 | 23 672 | 1995* |
*Services rendered by funded NGO’s to victims of gender based violence.
Annual output will only be verified in March 2021.
Information to be requested from the South African Police Service (SAPS)
Date:
Friday, October 9, 2020
