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1136678

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding her Department has allocated to providers of local specialist domestic abuse services in anticipation of a potential increase in demand for such services as a result of her Department's policy to identify and refer survivors of domestic abuse to those services.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	272900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>All our work coaches have received mandatory training, developed with input from domestic abuse charities, to help them to recognise the signs of domestic abuse. This means that our staff are able to proactively identify, support and signpost victims of abuse to expert organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed £100 million between 2016 and 2022 to support the Cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG). This includes £20 million, announced in the 2017 Spring Budget, to support organisations tacking domestic abuse and to support victims; and a £17 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund to support the local provision of specialist VAWG services, encourage partnership working, new approaches and early intervention.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/07/2019 12:36:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1457988

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department providing to victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	154369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s ambition to protect and better support victims of domestic abuse, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduces a range of measures to help protect victims of domestic abuse and their children. These include important new protections and support for victims ensuring that abusers will no longer be allowed to directly cross-examine their victims in the family and civil courts, and giving victims better access to special measures in the courtroom, such as protective screens and giving evidence via video link. The Act also introduces measures to tackle levels of domestic abuse including new criminal offences such as non-fatal strangulation and suffocation and extending the coercing and controlling behaviour offence to remove the “living together’’ requirement, so that the offence applies to partners, ex-partners or family members, regardless of whether the victim and perpetrator live together.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the Domestic Abuse Act, we have made substantial commitments in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan published by the Home Office in March 2022, to better support victims of domestic abuse. Commitments include multi-year funding for victim support services which are crucial for helping victims engage in the criminal justice process. As part of this, the Ministry of Justice is bolstering support for victims by increasing its funding from £150.5m in 2021/22 to £185 million by 2024/25. This will ensure support is available to more victims and includes funding to increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisers to over 1,000, and other key services like crisis helplines. A Perpetrator Strategy forms part of the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan and sets out clear commitments to prioritise addressing behaviour, stopping people from becoming perpetrators and victims in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, we are also giving victims more time to report domestic abuse-related assaults by extending the time limit for prosecutions to six months from a formal report to the police within an overall limit of two years from the offence. We have also consulted and will publish a draft Bill which will continue to ensure victims are at the heart of the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 154370 question first answered 25/04/2022 17:08:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1258278

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide additional support to victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	124809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that this Government will not tolerate. People should not be living in fear in the place where they should feel safest – their home. That is why this Government has a wide-ranging and ambitious programme of work to tackle this crime.</p><p>Our landmark Domestic Abuse Bill will further improve the effectiveness of the justice system in providing protection for victims of domestic abuse and bringing perpetrators to justice. It will also strengthen the support for victims of abuse by statutory agencies, and raise awareness and understanding about the devastating impact of domestic abuse on victims and their families</p><p>This year alongside the Domestic Abuse Bill we are providing £35 million to combat domestic abuse. This includes £3 million to support children affected by domestic abuse and £15 million for the development and pilot of integrated domestic abuse courts and perpetrator programmes.</p><p>Throughout the period of national measures introduced to slow the spread of COVID-19, we have taken strong steps to support victims and will continue to do so as we enter the tiered system.</p><p>These steps include £76 million of funding to support charities providing services to the vulnerable through the COVID-19 pandemic, including survivors of domestic abuse.</p><p>As well as funding specialist services, specific advice has been published on gov.uk for domestic abuse victims during COVID-19 directing them to a range of specialist organisations. The information also makes clear that stay at home orders do not apply where any victim needs to leave home to seek help if they are in danger of domestic abuse. Additionally, In April, we launched a domestic abuse campaign, #YouAreNotAlone, to raise general awareness of domestic abuse during COVID-19 and signpost the support and advice available.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with domestic abuse organisations, to assess ongoing trends and needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/12/2020 16:18:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1194894

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the availability of support for women experiencing domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	46068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is unacceptable in any situation. We are working closely with domestic abuse charities, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and the police to understand the impact of COVID-19 on domestic abuse incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced £28m of funding to support domestic abuse charities. The Home Office has announced an additional £2 million in funding to help bolster specialist helplines and online services so that victims can continue to seek support.</p><p> </p><p>We have also launched a campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse and signpost victims to the support services available. The campaign, under the hashtag #YouAreNotAlone, aims to reassure those affected by domestic abuse that support services remain available during this difficult time. Details of these services can be found at <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fdomestic-abuse&amp;data=02%7C01%7CRose.Marshall4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C29e3b18246904384dd7c08d7fe52e6a7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637257504313024941&amp;sdata=wWhsmtTatdu5IFhlejtLlNZSNZFpZ8pXtYjw9qY%2Fq9c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/domestic-abuse</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2020 13:24:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1360750

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the funding required to meet the needs of (a) adult and (b) child victims of domestic abuse annually in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	58416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>For 2020/21, the Ministry of Justice allocated £69m of ‘core’ funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to commission and provide victim support services for all victims of crime. It is for PCCs to assess local demand and allocate this funding accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>A further £32 million was granted in emergency funding to over 540 charities to help domestic abuse and sexual violence community based services meet demand.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also provided funding for both national and community-based domestic violence victim support services and funding to tackle and better manage perpetrators of domestic violence.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 58415 question first answered 21/10/2021 17:25:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1194999

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's announcement of support for the domestic abuse sector from Fujitsu on 11 April 2020, (a) which organisations have received support and (b) how much support each such organisation has received since 11 April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	46084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Fujitsu offered to provide IT expertise to smaller domestic abuse charities that might need assistance with new ways of working at the current time. This is an offer of assistance directly from the company to charitable organisations and there is no cost to the public purse. As such details of organisations which may have sought or received such support is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 46085 question first answered 18/05/2020 14:54:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1195001

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the announcement on 11 April 2020 of funding from Fujitsu for domestic abuse charities, what the cost to the public purse of that funding is; and what the commissioning process was.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	46085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Fujitsu offered to provide IT expertise to smaller domestic abuse charities that might need assistance with new ways of working at the current time. This is an offer of assistance directly from the company to charitable organisations and there is no cost to the public purse. As such details of organisations which may have sought or received such support is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 46084 question first answered 18/05/2020 14:54:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1191625

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional support she is allocating to services for survivors of domestic abuse during the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	41563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chancellor has announced a funding package of £750m to support charities including those providing domestic abuse services. The Home Office is also allocating an additional £2 million in funding announced by the Home Secretary to support technological capability such as specialist helplines and websites.</p><p>We have also launched a new campaign to signpost victims to the support services available. The campaign, under the hashtag #YouAreNotAlone, aims to reassure those affected by domestic abuse that support services remain available during this difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/05/2020 14:45:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1189208

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £2 million in funding allocated to domestic abuse helplines and online support has been directly accessed by those support services to date.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	38955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>Just under £1.2m of the funding has so far been allocated to thirteen organisations to help support helplines, web-based services and the production of additional guidance for victims. The organisations concerned have be notified of the awards and the Home Office is liaising with them on the necessary processes for transferring the funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/06/2020 13:58:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1284521

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that domestic abuse services receive adequate support to meet increased demand as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	911946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>Mr Speaker, with your permission, I would like to group this question with question 31.</p><p>Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and charities to protect those for who home is not a safe space. We have paid £25.76 million to domestic abuse organisations from the funds allocated in the first wave of the pandemic, in order to support their helplines and other services. That includes £20,512 for Your Housing Group, based in the honourable lady’s constituency, to provide additional bedspaces.</p><p>We have also allocated an additional £11 million to domestic abuse and sexual violence services to help them to deal with increased pressures as a result of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2021 16:38:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols