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795920

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding provided by any of the constituent organisations of the EU (a) to specialist violence against women and girls organisations and specialist women’s services and (b) for research relating to those issues.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	116240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims is a key priority for this Government. To support the Government’s commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), we have pledged increased funding of £100 million between now and 2020.</p><p>As part of reviewing delivery against our cross-Government VAWG strategy, we are mapping provision of funding for services to identify areas for further action.</p><p>We value the EU’s contribution to funding VAWG services. Our future cooperation with the EU will be subject to negotiation but we are fully committed to continue working with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for VAWG services.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 116242 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:17:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

782321

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how each department responsible for the Government's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy are contributing to her Department's development of (a) the Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill and (b) the non-legislative package supporting the Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	110925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that tackling domestic abuse and supporting victims requires a robust cross-government approach. Departments are contributing to the development of both the Domestic Abuse Bill and accompanying non-legislative package through rigorous cross-Departmental discussions overseen by the Violence Against Women and Girls Inter-Ministerial Group, chaired by the Home Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

755898

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on achieving its aims set out in action 28 of its 2016 to 2020 Strategy on Violence Against Women and Girls.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	6946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The department, in conjunction with the Home Office, has fulfilled action 28 of the ‘Strategy to end violence against women and girls: 2016 to 2020’, and established a cross-government working group to develop proactive responses to online misogyny.</p><p>This work is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 16:58:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

751808

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on meeting priority 23 of the Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	4893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made by the health sector against all three of these actions in the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 21, discussions are ongoing between the Chief Medical Officer and relevant policy officials. A survey has been completed of domestic violence teaching in medical schools and this has been accepted for publication. Medical Royal Colleges are considering how to increase the profile of VAWG teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 22, the Department produced in March 2017 an online publication, ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse – a resource for health professionals’ is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>The publication calls for routine enquiry into domestic abuse to become a fundamental part of the skills and practice of every health professional. More broadly the National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence through a wide range of health care services, including services for physical and mental health. Routine enquiry is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need. The Department has supported the Royal College of General Practitioners to develop a Violence Against Women and Children e-learning training course for general practitioners (GPs) and other primary care professionals to improve their recognition of and response to patients suffering from violence and abuse is available at:</p><p><a href="http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children" target="_blank">http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children</a></p><p> </p><p>The Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme provides staff training and a support programme to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and primary care, providing an improved domestic violence service. It is designed to encourage clinicians and administrative staff to ask clients about domestic abuse and violence and then either to react with an appropriate support, treatment and care). IRIS has been developed as a commissionable model for implementation nationally – it has been commissioned in 34 sites in England and one in Wales, where it is running in over 1,000 GPs. IRIS Advise is a further development of IRIS targeted precisely at sexual health services and has been successful in pilots in Bristol and east London.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 23, the Department is working with NHS Digital to develop a work programme to support this commitment. In October 2017 NHS Digital will be submitting the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS). This addresses an identified information gap, and will achieve substantial benefits for patients and the wider urgent care system. It will be implemented across emergency departments in England including all Type 1 Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) wards, and injury data will be collected as an integral part of the dataset. The introduction of ECDS should encourage consistent data collection, helping A&amp;E wards to meet the Information Sharing to Tackle Violence standards. The new version of the Mental Health Services Dataset went live in April 2017. Discussions are ongoing regarding how mental health data can support delivery of priority 23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4892 4894 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:38:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

751809

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on meeting priority 21 of the Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	4894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made by the health sector against all three of these actions in the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 21, discussions are ongoing between the Chief Medical Officer and relevant policy officials. A survey has been completed of domestic violence teaching in medical schools and this has been accepted for publication. Medical Royal Colleges are considering how to increase the profile of VAWG teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 22, the Department produced in March 2017 an online publication, ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse – a resource for health professionals’ is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>The publication calls for routine enquiry into domestic abuse to become a fundamental part of the skills and practice of every health professional. More broadly the National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence through a wide range of health care services, including services for physical and mental health. Routine enquiry is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need. The Department has supported the Royal College of General Practitioners to develop a Violence Against Women and Children e-learning training course for general practitioners (GPs) and other primary care professionals to improve their recognition of and response to patients suffering from violence and abuse is available at:</p><p><a href="http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children" target="_blank">http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children</a></p><p> </p><p>The Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme provides staff training and a support programme to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and primary care, providing an improved domestic violence service. It is designed to encourage clinicians and administrative staff to ask clients about domestic abuse and violence and then either to react with an appropriate support, treatment and care). IRIS has been developed as a commissionable model for implementation nationally – it has been commissioned in 34 sites in England and one in Wales, where it is running in over 1,000 GPs. IRIS Advise is a further development of IRIS targeted precisely at sexual health services and has been successful in pilots in Bristol and east London.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 23, the Department is working with NHS Digital to develop a work programme to support this commitment. In October 2017 NHS Digital will be submitting the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS). This addresses an identified information gap, and will achieve substantial benefits for patients and the wider urgent care system. It will be implemented across emergency departments in England including all Type 1 Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) wards, and injury data will be collected as an integral part of the dataset. The introduction of ECDS should encourage consistent data collection, helping A&amp;E wards to meet the Information Sharing to Tackle Violence standards. The new version of the Mental Health Services Dataset went live in April 2017. Discussions are ongoing regarding how mental health data can support delivery of priority 23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4892 4893 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:38:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

751810

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on meeting priority 22 of the Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	4892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made by the health sector against all three of these actions in the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 21, discussions are ongoing between the Chief Medical Officer and relevant policy officials. A survey has been completed of domestic violence teaching in medical schools and this has been accepted for publication. Medical Royal Colleges are considering how to increase the profile of VAWG teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 22, the Department produced in March 2017 an online publication, ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse – a resource for health professionals’ is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>The publication calls for routine enquiry into domestic abuse to become a fundamental part of the skills and practice of every health professional. More broadly the National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence through a wide range of health care services, including services for physical and mental health. Routine enquiry is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need. The Department has supported the Royal College of General Practitioners to develop a Violence Against Women and Children e-learning training course for general practitioners (GPs) and other primary care professionals to improve their recognition of and response to patients suffering from violence and abuse is available at:</p><p><a href="http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children" target="_blank">http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children</a></p><p> </p><p>The Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme provides staff training and a support programme to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and primary care, providing an improved domestic violence service. It is designed to encourage clinicians and administrative staff to ask clients about domestic abuse and violence and then either to react with an appropriate support, treatment and care). IRIS has been developed as a commissionable model for implementation nationally – it has been commissioned in 34 sites in England and one in Wales, where it is running in over 1,000 GPs. IRIS Advise is a further development of IRIS targeted precisely at sexual health services and has been successful in pilots in Bristol and east London.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 23, the Department is working with NHS Digital to develop a work programme to support this commitment. In October 2017 NHS Digital will be submitting the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS). This addresses an identified information gap, and will achieve substantial benefits for patients and the wider urgent care system. It will be implemented across emergency departments in England including all Type 1 Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) wards, and injury data will be collected as an integral part of the dataset. The introduction of ECDS should encourage consistent data collection, helping A&amp;E wards to meet the Information Sharing to Tackle Violence standards. The new version of the Mental Health Services Dataset went live in April 2017. Discussions are ongoing regarding how mental health data can support delivery of priority 23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4893 4894 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:38:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

731289

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to increase funding to support grassroots groups working to end violence against women and girls across the world.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	62
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains strongly committed to ending violence against women and girls across the world, and recognises the crucial role played by women’s rights organisations. In November 2016, the Secretary of State announced new funding to support 40 grassroots organisations with the local knowledge and expertise to address Female Genital Mutilation and child, early and forced marriage. We have also increased funding to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, which provides grants to women’s rights organisations and other small grassroots organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2017 14:48:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

722305

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Government has made of the ability of local commissioners to fulfil the aims of the National Statement of Expectations for Violence Against Women and Girls.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	909783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Through our Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy we have published a National Statement of Expectations (NSE) setting out a clear blueprint for local action. We consulted widely with commissioners, the voluntary and community sector and statutory stakeholders in the development of the NSE, which is based on existing best practice. The NSE will help promote better local collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families.</p><p>To support local implementation we have published a Commissioning Toolkit, which provided practical advice and launched the £15 million VAWG Service Transformation fund, which will encourage better collaboration and new, joined-up approaches between local commissioners and specialist VAWG service providers. We are actively developing mechanisms for monitoring implementation of the NSE, working with commissioners and experts from the specialist VAWG sector, to ensure that local services across the country provide the best support for victims and survivors of VAWG.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/04/2017 13:59:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

711013

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
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 paragraph 5.13 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate she has made of how much of £100 million funding for implementing the Government's Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy will be allocated to (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	67834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government's Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG) published in March 2016 committed increased funding of £80 million for VAWG services. A further £20 million was announced in the March 2017 Budget to support organisations that tackle domestic violence and abuse and work is ongoing to integrate this with the already announced funding.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided approximately £2 million of central funding for VAWG services in Yorkshire which has supported refuge provision, Independent Domestic Violence Advisers, Independent Sexual Violence Advisers and Rape Support Centres.</p><p> </p><p>We have also set out a clear blueprint for local action though our new National Statement of Expectations (NSE) and Commissioning Toolkit, which is available to local commissioning bodies and groups. Our move to support through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund will encourage better collaboration and new, joined-up approaches between local commissioners, and with specialist VAWG service providers. This will help promote better collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will shortly be announcing successful bids in our three year £15 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/03/2017 15:16:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

634024

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to publish the National Statement of Expectations to provide a framework for the local commissioning of services relating to violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	52629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government published our Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy in March 2016, which announced increased funding of £80 million from 2016 to 2020 to protect women and girls from violence, including support for refuges and other accommodation-based services, funding to national helplines, and from 2017, the launch of the VAWG Transformation Fund.</p><p>We are committed to working across Government to deliver the commitments outlined in the Strategy. The Home Office is leading work across Government to support local commissioning of services to victims and survivors of VAWG. We will set out a clear blueprint for local action though a new National Statement of Expectations and Commissioning Toolkit, which will be available to local commissioning bodies and groups. We currently plan to publish the National Statement of Expectations before the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/11/2016 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion