 |
answer text |
<p>Stalking is an insidious crime that has a deep and significant impact on victims’
wellbeing. Both online and offline, perpetrators leave victims feeling constantly
at risk and looking over their shoulder. This Government is committed to ensuring
that victims are supported. In March this year the Stalking Protection Act obtained
Royal Assent – it introduces Stalking Protection Orders, which will provide protection
to people who are stalked online and by phone, as well as offline. The Home Office
part-funds the National Stalking Helpline, operated by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which
helps victims of all methods of stalking.</p><p>On 16 July we introduced our Domestic
Abuse Bill which sets out our intention to transform the response to domestic abuse,
including the risk of technology being used to perpetrate abuse. We published the
Government Online Harms White Paper on 8 April which sets out our plans for world-leading
legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. This covers
a broad range of online harms, including cyberstalking.</p><p>The Government has provided
Refuge with £250,000 of funding through the Tampon Tax Fund to provide specialist
nationwide support to staff and survivors who experience technologically facilitated
abuse. We have also provided Northumbria PCC with £646,000 through the Home Office
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Service Transformation Fund for a project
which includes work to tackle cyberstalking.</p>
|
|
