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838271

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that refuge services currently in receipt of funding from his Department do not close at the end of the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Local Authorities are responsible for making local spending decisions. In our Priorities for Domestic Abuse Services, published in 2016, we acknowledged the importance of a strategic approach evidenced by an assessment of local need.</p><p>We were clear in the prospectus for our £20 million fund that bids from local authorities should create sustainable and long term approaches to supporting victims to ensure that each project in receipt of funding would be sustainable when the funding ended.</p><p>To help meet this challenge, on 7 February we offered projects already funded through the £20 million fund additional support through the allocation of £1.1 million top up funding. We will make the remaining £20 million we secured at Spending Review 2015 available as early as possible in the 2018/19 financial year for domestic abuse services, including refuges.</p><p>This new fund will be open to all local areas across England to bid for a share.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 12:45:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

837747

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has any plans to increase funding for the Inspiring Governance programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The department contracts with the charity Education and Employers Taskforce to deliver Inspiring Governance, a service to support recruitment in school governance by matching those who wish to be governors to school vacancies. The contract runs to the end of March 2020, and is worth £1 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to increase funding to this programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/02/2018 14:46:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

837752

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what records his Department holds by (a) region and (b) constituency on the number of people who have experienced domestic abuse in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of people who have experienced domestic abuse in each of the last three years by region and constituency.</p><p>However, we have commissioned an audit of domestic abuse services across England which will tell us, for the first time, exactly what every local authority in the country is commissioning for victims of domestic abuse. The audit will report in spring 2018 and will inform our review of domestic abuse services, which is to be completed by summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 13:06:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838002

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the terms of reference will be for his Department's review of the commissioning and funding of domestic abuse services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department has made a public commitment to undertake a thorough review of funding for domestic abuse services, including refuge, so that we have the best possible evidence on which to make decisions about future, sustainable funding for these vital services.</p><p>To inform our review we have commissioned an independent, external audit of local authority commissioned domestic abuse services, which will shape the final terms of reference for the review.</p><p>The review will explore all options for future delivery of domestic abuse services in England, and we are committed to working closely with sector partners, drawing on their data, expertise and knowledge, as we undertake our review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 11:42:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838003

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) victims of domestic abuse and (b) support services will be consulted in his Department's review of the commissioning and funding of domestic abuse services.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the domestic abuse sector on both our review of domestic abuse services, including support and the audit which will inform it, drawing on their data, expertise and knowledge. We want to understand victims’ experiences and will be working with the domestic abuse sector to ensure these are reflected in our review.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 11:54:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

838005

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2018 to Question HL4272, when the £20 million of funding for refuges and other accommodation for women fleeing domestic abuse for 2018-2020 will be released for local authorities and specialist services to access.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	127034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We will be making the £20 million fund we secured at Spending Review 2015 available as early as possible in the 2018/19 financial year for domestic abuse services, including refuges.</p><p>This new fund will be open to all local areas across England to bid for a share.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2018 11:52:33 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834851

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to his Department's consultation entitled Improving access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse, published on 30 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The consultation sought views on proposals for new statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing by victims of domestic abuse in refuges. The consultation closed on 5 January 2018. We received nearly 200 responses which are currently being analysed. We will be issuing the final guidance in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/02/2018 10:47:40 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834242

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 17 January 2018, Official Report, column 882, what specific plans the Government has to work with those countries from which a majority of women are being trafficked to eliminate modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	125873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to driving action to eradicate modern slavery internationally, as outlined in the response to PQ 125743</p><p>With regards to our specific plans relating to women, the Government has made a commitment to double aid spending to £150m to tackle modern slavery. The allocation of this funding will ensure the needs of women and girls are taken into account. For example, the Department for International Development’s £10.5 million Work in Freedom programme aims to help women facing slavery and exploitation across South East Asia. The programme provides training to women in their communities and works with businesses and recruiters to tackle trafficking. To date over 380,000 women have benefited. The Secretary of State for International Development recently announced new funding of £13 million for the second phase of the programme</p><p>The Home Office Modern Slavery Fund and Innovation Fund are supporting projects in countries from where the UK receives high numbers of victims and new innovative approaches to tackling slavery. All of these projects take a gender sensitive approach: for example in Nigeria we are finalising a support package for victims, many of whom are women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/02/2018 14:25:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834395

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the completion of the official review into privatisation of the probation service.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>During 2016 and 2017 we conducted an internal review of the probation system. As a result of this work, Sam Gyimah made a written statement to parliament in July confirming our commitment to improving the delivery of probation services and outlining changes made to Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017 the Ministry of Justice submitted written evidence to the Justice Committee’s inquiry into Transforming Rehabilitation. In December 2017 the National Audit Office published a report into the changes to CRC contracts in 2017. The Public Accounts Committee heard evidence relating to the conclusions of this review on 17 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to keep the performance of the probation system under review and are discussing with providers further improvements we might make to the delivery of services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/02/2018 15:56:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834398

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to expand the use of local non-profit organisations to increase voter registration among minority groups.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>National Democracy Week is a UK-wide campaign of events and activity that aims to increase the number of people who understand and participate in our democratic process. The government recognises the vital role that civil society organisations play in reaching those groups that are less likely to be registered to vote. We are working closely with non-profit groups through the National Democracy Week Council to mobilise activity at a local level and coordinate engagement with different communities.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 126018 question first answered 08/02/2018 09:43:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris