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1719863

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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 his Department is taking to support victims of (a) domestic abuse and (b) coercive control post-separation.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 24/05/2024 11:06:28 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1699161

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for local domestic abuse (a) services, (b) counselling and (c) advocacy support.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	20799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is quadrupling funding for victim and witness support services by 2024/25. £154 million of funding has been committed per annum across this Spending Review period, totalling a minimum of £460 million over three years (2022/23 to 2024/25 inclusive). This is up from £41 million in 2009/10. This multi-year funding allows victim support services, and those commissioning them, to build resilience into services and ensure consistency in the support that victims receive.</p><p>Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduced new statutory duties on local authorities to ensure that all victims, including their children, have access to support within safe accommodation when they need it. This includes counselling and advocacy support.</p><p>Since 2021, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has committed over £507 million, including £129.7 million in 2024/25, to councils across England to fund this duty. Funding from April 2025 will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p><p>This is a locally led duty. Each council must work closely with their Local Partnership Board to assess the needs of victims locally and commission the right safe accommodation support services needed to meet the identified need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 15/04/2024 14:54:10 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

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

1588245

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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, when the replacement programme for the suspended Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme in June 2022 will be implemented; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the likelihood that perpetrators of domestic abuse who have not joined a new programme are still able to have regular contact with their victims before course completion.
tabling member constituency	Devizes
tabling member printed	Danny Kruger
uin	150676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is actively considering options to address the current lack of Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes in the family court. We are working with providers and the domestic abuse sector to explore interim arrangements, including potential new referral mechanisms, ahead of developing a revised model of support for domestic abuse cases in the family court.</p><p> </p><p>The welfare of the child is the paramount consideration in any decision made by the court regarding child arrangements and the Government is working closely with stakeholders across the system to understand the impact the current change in provision has had on children and families. A timetable for the introduction of the new domestic abuse intervention offer will be confirmed in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a number of protections for survivors of domestic abuse in the family court. The Domestic Abuse Act prohibits cross-examination of victims by perpetrators and provides automatic eligibility for special measures for victims of domestic abuse in the family courts. The Act also makes it clear that ‘barring orders’ are available where further proceedings would risk causing harm, particularly where proceedings could be a form of continuing domestic abuse</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/03/2023 18:01:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4858 label Biography information for Danny Kruger

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

1582458

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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107146 on Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes, what progress her Department has made on delivery of the flexible fund in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan .
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	136818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the ‘flexible fund’ that was set out in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan published in March 2022. The Plan made several multi-year commitments covering the duration of this Parliament, including the flexible fund.</p><p>Since the Plan was published, detailed work has been underway on how such a fund could be operationalised. This includes considering the advantages and disadvantages of the fund making direct cash payments to victims and survivors, as opposed to domestic abuse charities purchasing goods and services on behalf of victims and survivors.</p><p>If the fund were to make cash payments, we have considered how to ensure they solely benefit victims and survivors. This is particularly important in cases of economic abuse, where perpetrators control the finances of those they abuse.</p><p>Further details on how the ‘flexible fund’ will be delivered should be made in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/02/2023 12:28:35 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1551628

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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 an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an emergency fund for those impacted by domestic abuse to provide them with the resources required to flee the perpetrators of that abuse in the context of the increases in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government. A key part of this is making sure victims and survivors get the support they need.</p><p>The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, which we published in March, invests over £230 million, including over £140 million specifically for supporting victims and survivors. The commitments in the Plan include doubling funding for the National Domestic Abuse Helpline.</p><p>The Plan also committed to establish trials of a ‘flexible fund’, which charities could use to provide extra money to victims and survivors in light of the increased cost of living.</p><p>More widely, the Government is providing direct Cost of Living Payments to more than 8 million UK households on means tested benefits. These payments will be tax-free, will not count towards the benefit cap, and will not have any impact on existing benefit awards. The Government also is protecting the most vulnerable in society, many of whom face the biggest challenge making their incomes stretch, by increasing benefits in line with inflation. This means that they will rise by September Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation – 10.1%.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 21/12/2022 17:19:26 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1550289

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
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 assessment of the consequences for her policies she has made of the recommendation of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner of a flexible national funding pot, to help enable survivors of domestic abuse to escape abuse.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	107146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government. A central part of this is making sure victims and survivors get the support they need.</p><p>The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, which we published in March, invests over £230 million, including over £140 million specifically for supporting victims and survivors.</p><p>This included a commitment to establish trials of a ‘flexible fund’. In the Plan, we committed to making funds available to charities, who would have discretion on how they could be used to support victims and survivors.</p><p>Delivery of the ‘flexible fund’ by charities could involve cash payments being made to victims and survivors, in the same way proposed by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner. These payments could help victims and survivors to leave an abuser.</p><p>The Government has also noted the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report mapping provision of support services for domestic abuse victims and survivors. across England and Wales. A full response will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 19/12/2022 17:23:02 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1521827

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, with reference to research by Women's Aid on the impact of increases in the cost of living on women who have experienced domestic abuse, published on 1 August 2022, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing additional financial support, above what has been provided for energy costs, to help support victims of domestic abuse in winter 2022.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	62841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government. As is ensuring all victims and survivors of this heinous crime get the support they need.</p><p>I have discussed with ministerial colleagues how best to tackle domestic abuse.</p><p>An integral part of this work will be to deliver commitments made in The Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, published in March 2022. The Plan invests over £230 million into tackling domestic abuse, including over £140 million for supporting victims. This funding year, the Home Office has also provided over £190,000 to the Police and Crime Commissioner of Leicestershire to support the delivery of a programme that aims to change perpetrator's behaviour.</p><p>As part of the Plan, my department committed to run trials of the ‘flexible funding model’. This is where funds are given to charities who support victims and survivors. Those charities would then have wide-ranging discretion on how these funds can be used. This includes addressing financial obstacles to victims and survivors moving forward with their lives.</p><p>We are aware the cost of living may exacerbate risk factors for victims and survivors of domestic abuse. We are listening to feedback from stakeholders, including Women’s Aid, and are taking this into account through our work on flexible funding.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/10/2022 16:21:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth