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1029632

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date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they provide to impartial advocacy services to help the families of victims of grooming gangs.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL12518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government attaches the highest priority to tackling grooming and all forms of sexual exploitation and to ensuring that all victims, whether they are a child or an adult, get the protection and support they need. Impartial advocacy for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, and their families, is a key part of this, and is integral to the support the Government funds, including the role of Independent Sexual Violence Advisors.</p><p> </p><p>In each of the last three years the Government has allocated around £7.2m in funding to sexual violence support services to provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of sexual violence, including victims of child sexual abuse. This includes £1.7m to rape support services across England and Wales to provide specialist support to victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation. A further £4.7m has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners specifically to commission services supporting victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2019, rape and sexual abuse support services will receive an £800,000 increase in funding, allowing them to help more victims of sexual violence (including recent and non-recent child sexual abuse), often including but not restricted to funding of ISVAs.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/01/2019 17:52:23 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1029634

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 17 November 2017 (HL2955), how many successful prosecutions there have been of police, social workers or other relevant authorities for failing to help the victims of grooming gangs.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL12520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice court proceeding database does not hold data specifically relating to different types of misconduct in a public office, nor the authority the defendant belongs to.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/01/2019 11:37:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1002262

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions of women there have been for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in the last 12 months; how many of those have led to a prison sentence; and what proportion of all women prisoners this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There were 98,999 females prosecuted for TV licence evasion in the year ending December 2017, the latest published data.</p><p> </p><p>No prosecutions resulted in a custodial sentence.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/11/2018 16:41:09 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch