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173675

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the treatment in the criminal treatment system of women experiencing domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Domestic abuse is the worst possible violation of the trust that those in close relationships place in one another. That is why tackling domestic violence and abuse has been one of this Government’s top priorities. We are committed to ensuring that victims of this serious crime are considered in all aspects of the criminal justice system, and supported appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>The Victims’ Code was implemented in December 2013. It sets out to criminal justice agencies the enhanced services and support they must provide to victims of the most serious crimes, including victims of domestic violence. This includes providing information on pre-trial therapy and counselling and referral to specialist organisations for support.</p><p>As part of the current pilot of adult out-of-court disposals, the Ministry of Justice has issued guidance to the three participating police forces (Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and Leicestershire) setting out how the framework should be used for low-level offences involving domestic violence. The guidance imposes a number of restrictions on the forces and requires them to obtain the victim’s consent for the matter to be dealt with out of court.</p><p>In addition, the National Offender Management Service’s framework <em>Supporting Women offenders who have experienced domestic or sexual violence</em>, published in September 2011, is designed to provide guidance to those working with female offenders in custody and the community. The framework intends to ensure that interventions and services take place within an environment in which women who have been victims of domestic violence are able to both disclose abuse and receive support and advice in a safe, female only environment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these pieces of guidance, my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department has issued the <em>Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan</em>, which sets out the Government’s approach to tackling domestic violence and abuse, and is supported by guidance to victims, their friends, families, employers and colleagues.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/01/2015 17:40:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

155540

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases in courts marked as domestic violence incidents related to (a) male perpetrators against female partners and (b) all other forms of domestic violence in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This government is committed to tackling domestic violence and abuse and to delivering a better response for the victims of these appalling crimes.</p><p> </p><p>We have ring-fenced £40 million for victims’ services; piloted and rolled out Clare’s Law and domestic violence protection orders; extended the definition of domestic abuse to cover controlling behaviour and teenage relationships; run two successful campaigns to challenge perceptions of abuse; placed Domestic Homicide Reviews on a statutory footing to make sure lessons are learnt from individual tragedies; criminalised forced marriage and consulted on the creation of a single criminal offence of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceeding Database holds information on offences provided by the statute under which proceedings are brought but not all the specific circumstances of each case. Data on those proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for offences involving domestic violence, such as threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between adults are not separately identified in the data reported centrally to the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, it is not possible to separately identify the relationship between defendant and victim, and their gender. This detailed information is not reported to Justice Statistical Analytical Services due to their size and complexity and as such, it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/11/2014 14:41:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

172813

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether every police force has an action plan in place to ensure that domestic violence is dealt with quickly and fairly.
	tabling member constituency	Beckenham
	tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
	uin	220167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>All 43 police forces have now published domestic abuse action plans, which have been reviewed by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.<br><br>Following the publication of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary’s report of the police response to domestic abuse in March 2014, the Home Secretary wrote to all chief constables making it clear that every police force must have an action plan in place to detail how they would improve their response to domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2015 16:29:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 37866 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

451049

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children and women were seriously injured by a perpetrator of domestic violence after a Family Court decision to allow child access for a perpetrator of that crime in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	26114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Every family court has a system to support vulnerable court users. Protective measures are put in place whenever a court is aware that an individual involved in a case may be violent. These can include separate waiting areas, additional security and the use of separate entrances where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of children or women injured by a perpetrator of domestic violence after a Family Court decision relating to child contact is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by manually checking case files in criminal and family courts and matching records.</p><p> </p><p>The family court takes the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. Where domestic violence or abuse is admitted or proven, any child arrangements order put in place must protect the safety and wellbeing of the child and the parent with whom the child is living, and not expose them to the risk of further harm. In particular, the court must be satisfied that any contact ordered with a parent who has perpetrated violence or abuse is safe and in the best interests of the child.</p><p>Where the court does conclude that direct contact is safe and beneficial for the child, it can impose conditions such as supervised contact to protect the child.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 26113 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:30:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223675

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that domestic abuse victims are informed of the release from prison of their abusers regardless of how long they have served in prison.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	225327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to putting victims and witnesses first in the criminal justice system. We have considerably improved support given to victims, including revamping the Victims’ Code to ensure victims of the most serious crimes get access to vital services like counselling to help cope with and, where possible, recover from what they have been through.</p><p> </p><p>Our statutory Victim Contact Scheme (VCS) is offered to all victims where the offender has committed a violent or sexual offence and received a sentence of 12 months or more. The scheme enables victims to be kept informed by victim liaison officers of key stages of the offender’s sentence, including release, and to make representations on conditions to which the offender may be subject on release.</p><p> </p><p>This entitlement is outlined in the Government’s Victims’ Code, which came into force in December 2013. The Victims’ Code gives victims of crime clearer entitlements from criminal justice agencies and better tailors services to individual need.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service Domestic Abuse Policy Strategy sets out that it is best practice to offer the VCS to domestic abuse victims, regardless of the length of the offender’s sentence and whether the offender will be subject to licensed supervision in the community. Such decisions are made on a case by case basis. This is outlined in the guidance for victim liaison officers.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/03/2015 17:30:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

389221

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the College of Policing has made on the development of training and investigative guidelines for the police on the new law of coercive control in a domestic setting.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has established and chairs a National Oversight Group to monitor and drive delivery against the recommendations of HMIC’s report into domestic abuse published in March 2014. As part of the Group's work, the College of Policing, in partnership with voluntary sector organisations, has developed a rigorous training package, which has been piloted in Hertfordshire police with up to 1,000 officers trained.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the College and police forces to support the wider roll-out of training across forces, including new components on coercive control. We are also working with the National Policing Lead and the College to ensure best practice from force training packages on coercive control is fed into the development of national training packages and guidance as appropriate.</p><p>We are committed to implementing the new offence of domestic abuse as soon as possible. We have always been clear that implementation must be supported by proper training and guidance for frontline agencies. We are working with the College of Policing and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure these agencies are confident they know how to use the new offence to provide the best possible protection to victims. We will aim to announce commencement in due course.</p><p>The National Oversight Group will continue to monitor the roll-out of the training around domestic abuse, and drive progress against all of HMIC’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 6789 6790 6791 6792 question first answered 16/07/2015 14:44:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

389222

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans for the powers to make coercive control in a domestic setting contained in the Serious Crime Act 2015 to come into effect.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has established and chairs a National Oversight Group to monitor and drive delivery against the recommendations of HMIC’s report into domestic abuse published in March 2014. As part of the Group's work, the College of Policing, in partnership with voluntary sector organisations, has developed a rigorous training package, which has been piloted in Hertfordshire police with up to 1,000 officers trained.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the College and police forces to support the wider roll-out of training across forces, including new components on coercive control. We are also working with the National Policing Lead and the College to ensure best practice from force training packages on coercive control is fed into the development of national training packages and guidance as appropriate.</p><p>We are committed to implementing the new offence of domestic abuse as soon as possible. We have always been clear that implementation must be supported by proper training and guidance for frontline agencies. We are working with the College of Policing and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure these agencies are confident they know how to use the new offence to provide the best possible protection to victims. We will aim to announce commencement in due course.</p><p>The National Oversight Group will continue to monitor the roll-out of the training around domestic abuse, and drive progress against all of HMIC’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 6788 6789 6790 6791 question first answered 16/07/2015 14:44:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

389223

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police services in England and Wales have developed their own in-house training on coercive control in a domestic setting; and how she expects the effectiveness of such training to be measured.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has established and chairs a National Oversight Group to monitor and drive delivery against the recommendations of HMIC’s report into domestic abuse published in March 2014. As part of the Group's work, the College of Policing, in partnership with voluntary sector organisations, has developed a rigorous training package, which has been piloted in Hertfordshire police with up to 1,000 officers trained.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the College and police forces to support the wider roll-out of training across forces, including new components on coercive control. We are also working with the National Policing Lead and the College to ensure best practice from force training packages on coercive control is fed into the development of national training packages and guidance as appropriate.</p><p>We are committed to implementing the new offence of domestic abuse as soon as possible. We have always been clear that implementation must be supported by proper training and guidance for frontline agencies. We are working with the College of Policing and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure these agencies are confident they know how to use the new offence to provide the best possible protection to victims. We will aim to announce commencement in due course.</p><p>The National Oversight Group will continue to monitor the roll-out of the training around domestic abuse, and drive progress against all of HMIC’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 6788 6789 6790 6792 question first answered 16/07/2015 14:44:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

389224

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police area have been trained on the new law of coercive control in a domestic setting to date.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has established and chairs a National Oversight Group to monitor and drive delivery against the recommendations of HMIC’s report into domestic abuse published in March 2014. As part of the Group's work, the College of Policing, in partnership with voluntary sector organisations, has developed a rigorous training package, which has been piloted in Hertfordshire police with up to 1,000 officers trained.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the College and police forces to support the wider roll-out of training across forces, including new components on coercive control. We are also working with the National Policing Lead and the College to ensure best practice from force training packages on coercive control is fed into the development of national training packages and guidance as appropriate.</p><p>We are committed to implementing the new offence of domestic abuse as soon as possible. We have always been clear that implementation must be supported by proper training and guidance for frontline agencies. We are working with the College of Policing and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure these agencies are confident they know how to use the new offence to provide the best possible protection to victims. We will aim to announce commencement in due course.</p><p>The National Oversight Group will continue to monitor the roll-out of the training around domestic abuse, and drive progress against all of HMIC’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 6788 6789 6791 6792 question first answered 16/07/2015 14:44:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

389225

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she expects the effectiveness of any training on coercive control in a domestic setting to be monitored.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has established and chairs a National Oversight Group to monitor and drive delivery against the recommendations of HMIC’s report into domestic abuse published in March 2014. As part of the Group's work, the College of Policing, in partnership with voluntary sector organisations, has developed a rigorous training package, which has been piloted in Hertfordshire police with up to 1,000 officers trained.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the College and police forces to support the wider roll-out of training across forces, including new components on coercive control. We are also working with the National Policing Lead and the College to ensure best practice from force training packages on coercive control is fed into the development of national training packages and guidance as appropriate.</p><p>We are committed to implementing the new offence of domestic abuse as soon as possible. We have always been clear that implementation must be supported by proper training and guidance for frontline agencies. We are working with the College of Policing and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure these agencies are confident they know how to use the new offence to provide the best possible protection to victims. We will aim to announce commencement in due course.</p><p>The National Oversight Group will continue to monitor the roll-out of the training around domestic abuse, and drive progress against all of HMIC’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 6788 6790 6791 6792 question first answered 16/07/2015 14:44:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts