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	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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 steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the voluntary sector has the required information to signpost people who may be showing signs of domestic abuse to find appropriate assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	247709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>On March 7 the Government published a refreshed Cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy providing an update on existing actions, and outlining additional actions to ensure that all Government departments are tackling VAWG. The refresh includes the wealth of insights gained from the domestic abuse consultation to ensure that all aspects of domestic abuse are considered across departments. <br>The domestic abuse consultation response committed to review our communications activity to ensure that we are providing relevant information to the public outlining clearly what domestic abuse is, and what options they have if they are a victim or are concerned about someone else who is a victim.</p><p>Over this spending review period we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding, including a £17 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund to 41 projects across England and Wales that support local areas to work collaboratively with specialist third sector organisations and develop best practice on early intervention and prevention, not just crisis response.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/05/2019 11:42:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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

1582308

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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 steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure (a) accessible and (b) culturally sensitive support is available for survivors of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	136669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key Government priority. It is deeply harmful, not only because of the profound effect it can have on victims, survivors and their loved ones, but also because of the harm it inflicts on wider society.</p><p> </p><p>The importance of specialised provision, which is able to provide culturally sensitive support was clearly made in the Violence Against Women and Girls Call for Evidence which we ran in 2021.The Call for Evidence elicited an unprecedented 180,000 responses, and underpins both the National Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan.</p><p> </p><p>There was a clear call “for support to be tailored to specific forms of violence against women and girls or specific groups of victims and survivors (including men and boys, people from different ethnicities and LGBT people) to ensure all victims and survivors were able to access appropriate and effective support.”</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Domestic Abuse Plan, commits to over £140 million for supporting victims of which £47 million will be ringfenced for community-based services to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we will ensure this funding is accessible to the range of organisations and agencies working with victims and survivors, and have sought input from the sector to support the government do this.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/02/2023 12:29:36 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1582313

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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 make it her policy to introduce new funding aimed at increasing access to support for victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	136671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key Government priority. It is deeply harmful, not only because of the profound effect it can have on victims, survivors and their loved ones, but also because of the harm it inflicts on wider society.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2021 the government published the cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets. This was followed by a complementary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022 and which seeks to transform the whole of society’s response to domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Domestic Abuse Plan, the government commits to investing over £230 million, over a three-year period, into tackling these heinous crimes. This includes over £140 million for supporting victims of which £47 million will be ringfenced for community-based services to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/02/2023 14:13:29 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1455273

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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, with reference to victims who must take time off work during domestic abuse cases being heard in court, and who do not want to inform their employers of the details of their case, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to victims through the court process.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	149259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>It is incredibly important that victims of domestic abuse get the support they need to access justice through the court process. The Government does not provide financial support aimed specifically at victims who are having to take time off work to attend court but encourages employers to develop and implement policies to support domestic abuse victims in their workforce. We continue to work closely with employers, businesses and expert groups such as the Employer’s Initiative on Domestic Abuse, to encourage them to consider what more they can do to provide workplace support for victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Employees are entitled to paid annual leave and may request unpaid leave and are not obliged to disclose the reasons why leave is being requested. Some employers also set their own internal policies to offer employees other forms of time off, for example for victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/04/2022 09:45:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1682392

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2024
	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, if he will take steps to increase the level of support available to victims of domestic abuse who are waiting for their trials to begin.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	9822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>We are doing more than ever to ensure victims continue to receive the support they need as we work hard to ensure swift justice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that support services play a vital role, and that Independent Domestic Violence Advisors can be critical to helping victims of domestic abuse at all stages of the criminal justice system. This includes when they are waiting for their trial to begin.</p><p> </p><p>We are quadrupling funding for victim and witness support services by 2024/25, up from £41m in 2009/10. The funding will allow us to increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisers by 300 to over 1,000, a 43% increase over this spending review period (2022/23 to 2024/25 inclusive).</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that there is clarity on what victims can and should expect from the criminal justice system response, on 8 November 2023 we reintroduced the Victims and Prisoners Bill, alongside a wider package of measures designed to improve victims' experiences of the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/01/2024 15:32:14 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon