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1503392

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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 precautionary safety mechanisms her Department is helping to establish and support in London to tackle and prevent violence against women.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	45099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined to tackle and prevent VAWG wherever it occurs.</p><p>To support preventing and tackling these crimes in London, we have:</p><ul><li>Allocated over £1.5 million was allocated to projects in London through the Safer Streets Fund and Safety of Women at Night Fund which support areas to put in place measures such as extra CCTV and streetlighting and projects which work to change attitudes and behaviours;</li><li>Awarded over £300,000 to the London Borough of Redbridge, this financial year to continue funding the Spotlight Programme which seeks to help perpetrators change their abusive behaviour. This forms part of £2.5 million awarded to the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to fund perpetrator interventions;</li><li>Provided £6.65m to Operation Soteria, which is working with 19 police forces, including the Metropolitan Police Service, to test and develop a new national operating model for the investigation and prosecution of rape.</li></ul><p>In addition, the Metropolitan Police are rolling out Domestic Abuse Matters training to their officers, to support their response to domestic abuse incidents.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45048 question first answered 07/09/2022 09:12:58 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1455272

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	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending prison sentences for perpetrators of violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	149258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>Sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent courts, taking into account all the circumstances of each case.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2020, the Government changed the law to prevent the automatic release at the halfway point of offenders given a standard determinate sentence of 7 years or more for a serious violent or sexual offence with a maximum penalty of life, such as rape. Instead, such offenders will be released at the two-thirds point of the sentence. Provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill extend this to offenders serving sentences of 4 years or more for certain violent and sexual offences. This will ensure victims and the public are protected for longer.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2021, the Government published its Violence against Women and Girls Strategy, with a Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan published on 30 March 2022, which will help drive a step-change in the response to these crimes and build on the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/04/2022 09:44:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1367564

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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, if she will ensure the development of an expert-informed public awareness campaigns on violence against women in the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	72558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>In July we published the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftackling-violence-against-women-and-girls-strategy&amp;data=04%7C01%7CHelen.Fielder2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cba58f337ae6f448c5e9508d993051b3b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637702472396607173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=q0OHfG4v1jTq50V9GnQvfqnfMiJt8fKWH%2FPAclPeT5Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy</a> to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets.</p><p>The new strategy commits this government to using communications to create behaviour change that targets and challenge perpetrators, educates young people about healthy relationships and consent, and ensures victims can recognise abuse and non-contact sexual offending.</p><p>The Strategy was informed by an unprecedented 180,000 responses from the general public and stakeholders as part of our Call for Evidence. As we develop the campaign, we are continuing to consult stakeholders, including third sector organisations, academics and victims’ services to ensure their expertise, insights and experience are reflected in the campaign.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/11/2021 13:04:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1360676

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of an expert-led public awareness campaign on male violence against women and girls, following the murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	58342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>We have recently published the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftackling-violence-against-women-and-girls-strategy&amp;data=04%7C01%7CHelen.Fielder2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cba58f337ae6f448c5e9508d993051b3b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637702472396607173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=q0OHfG4v1jTq50V9GnQvfqnfMiJt8fKWH%2FPAclPeT5Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy</a> to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets.</p><p>The new strategy commits this government to using communications to create behaviour change that targets and challenge perpetrators, educates young people about healthy relationships and consent, and ensures victims can recognise abuse and non-contact sexual offending. The Strategy was informed by an unprecedented 180,000 responses from the general public and stakeholders as part of our Call for Evidence.</p><p>The campaign follows the swift action at the beginning of the pandemic last year where the Government launched the #YouAreNotAlone campaign. The campaign raised awareness of domestic abuse and the support available to those suffering from it, signposting those seeking support to the gov.uk domestic abuse support page <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fdomestic-abuse-how-to-get-help&amp;data=04%7C01%7CHelen.Fielder2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cba58f337ae6f448c5e9508d993051b3b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637702472396607173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=BsQ%2FDZxXzbpuRpo0FZFZtfsuS%2FFLPu9rbbGyfIj3Gig%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Domestic abuse: how to get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> where they can access support services, including Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline. The campaign reached millions of people through digital advertising, and specialist community engagement activity with campaign materials translated into 16 languages.</p><p>We also launched and promoted the ‘Ask for ANI’ codeword scheme which provides a simple and discreet way for domestic abuse victims to signal that they need immediate help using a codeword in participating pharmacies. Almost half of all pharmacies across the UK, including Boots, are now participating in the scheme, following the launch in January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/10/2021 15:30:11 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1356823

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
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 assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services report, Police response to violence against women and girls - Final inspection report, published 17 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	51681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>This Government is absolutely committed to tackling and preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG). That is why the Home Secretary commissioned HM Inspectorate of Police and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) to carry out an inspection into the police response to these crimes.</p><p>We are considering the report’s recommendations and have already supported the recommendation from HMICFRS’s interim report to introduce a full-time national police lead for VAWG, which the Home Office is funding. We look forward to working with DCC Maggie Blyth, who has been appointed to the role, to address the report’s findings and further support our wider work on VAWG, including our Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, which we published in July.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/09/2021 15:59:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1353315

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, what recent steps he has taken to improve support in the justice system for the victims of violence against women and girls in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	44439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The new Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy will help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets. The commitments in the strategy include the introduction of a new full-time National Policing Lead for Violence Against Women and Girls. In addition, Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 has been rolled out to Crown Courts to enable pre-recorded cross-examination and re-examination for vulnerable witnesses</p><p>Also, for 2021-22, the Ministry of Justice will provide just under £151m for victim and witness support services. This funding includes:<br>• £1m for rape support centres across Wales;<br>• Over £6.6m for the four Police and Crime Commissioners in Wales - including Gwent, which covers Newport West; and<br>• Investment in 36 new Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and Independent Sexual Violence Advisers posts across Wales</p><p>All of these services will help victims feel informed and supported at every stage of their recovery journey, including their interaction with the justice system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/09/2021 14:39:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1350858

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of funding a public awareness campaign on male violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	41068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>We have recently published the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftackling-violence-against-women-and-girls-strategy&amp;data=04%7C01%7CHelen.Fielder2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C11357129b42e414d951b08d962f6cbe9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637649634381120586%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=rIoilVk7SXbVF6ccv0ecocU9vR%2Bdaj%2BgROOPi5WpA9c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy</a> to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets. The new strategy commits this government to using communications to create behaviour change that targets and challenge perpetrators, educates young people about healthy relationships and consent, and ensures victims can recognise abuse and non-contact sexual offending. The Strategy was informed by an unprecedented 180,000 responses from the general public and stakeholders as part of our Call for Evidence.</p><p>The campaign follows the swift action at the beginning of the pandemic last year where the Government launched the #YouAreNotAlone campaign. The campaign raised awareness of domestic abuse and the support available to those suffering from it, signposting those seeking support to the gov.uk domestic abuse support page <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help" target="_blank">Domestic abuse: how to get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> where they can access support services, including Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline. The campaign reached millions of people through digital advertising, and specialist community engagement activity with campaign materials translated into 16 languages.</p><p>We also launched and promoted the ‘Ask for ANI’ codeword scheme which provides a simple and discreet way for domestic abuse victims to signal that they need immediate help using a codeword in participating pharmacies. Almost half of all pharmacies across the UK, including Boots, are now participating in the scheme, following the launch in January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2021 11:57:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1330292

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve support in the justice system for the victims of violence against women and girls.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>Protecting women and girls from violence and abuse, and supporting victims, are key priorities for this Government. These crimes are extremely serious and have a huge impact both for those subjected to such violence and more broadly on our economy, health services, and the criminal justice system.</p><p>In 2021-22, we will provide just under £151m for victim and witness support services. This includes an extra £51m to increase support for rape and domestic abuse victims, building on the emergency funding already provided to help domestic abuse and sexual violence services meet Covid-driven demand. This compares to a total budget of £48.5m in 2010-2011.</p><p>This funding includes £27m for 700 Independent Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse Advisers and £20.7m for local sexual violence and domestic abuse services.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the Home Office on the development of the Government’s forthcoming Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy. The new Strategy will focus on prevention, drive forward improvements in the effort to target perpetrators, respond to the changing nature of crimes against women and girls and, most importantly, will continue to put victims at the heart of our approach.</p><p>In addition, the forthcoming Victims’ Bill, which we will consult on later this year, will ensure that all victims are supported, and their rights are recognised, at every stage of the criminal justice system and beyond</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 21/06/2021 16:02:03 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1330293

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase minimum sentences for perpetrators of violence against women and girls.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The government keeps offences and penalties under review, including those in relation to violence against women and girls. Minimum sentences are rarely used; there are currently no plans to introduce minimum sentences in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to keeping people safe from all forms of sexual violence. In 2020 we legislated to end the automatic halfway release of serious violent and sexual offenders who receive a standard determinate sentence (SDS) of 7 years or more. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will extend this change further by ensuring certain serious violent and sexual offenders who receive a SDS of between 4 and 7 years will also have to spend two thirds of their sentence in custody, demonstrating how seriously the government takes this type of offending.</p><p> </p><p>The government will also be publishing a new cross-government “Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy” later this year which will help further transform the response to these crimes, from prevention and raising awareness, to ensuring perpetrators are brought to justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 21/06/2021 16:10:22 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1195474

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that data collated by international development agencies is disaggregated by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity to inform responses to support women and girls in vulnerable communities facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	46811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>DFID’s Inclusive Data Charter Action Plan sets out our ambitions to increase the collection and use of disaggregated data, and to work with the United Nations and others to improve disaggregation at a global level. This is critical to understand who is being left behind, why, and how to reach them. Our focus is on disaggregation by sex, age, disability status and geography in the first instance, whilst we work with others in the international system to develop tools to disaggregate by other variables. In the longer term, we will move towards additional disaggregation variables; we expect this to include income, race and ethnicity.</p><p>DFID is investing £6 million to support the UN Women-led flagship programme initiative on gender data – Making Every Woman and Girl Count – and the joint UN Programme on Violence Against Women and Girls data. These programmes are working with developing country governments to improve the production, availability, accessibility and use of quality data and statistics on gender equality and gender-based violence. This includes developing new global standards for measuring violence against older women. The programme is currently supporting rapid assessment surveys focused on understanding gendered impacts of COVID-19 across a number of countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/05/2020 14:28:42 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson