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date	18/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cases of domestic and sexual violence that were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to increase the prosecution rate for such crimes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has no data on the total number of incidents of domestic violence and sexual violence that have occurred in each of the last five years and is unable, therefore, to provide an answer to the first part of the question.</p><p>Increasing the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority for the CPS. On 6 June 2014, a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and CPS which sets out a series of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The prosecution of domestic violence also remains a high priority for the CPS and prosecutors receive regular training, and are provided with relevant guidance. The Rape Action Plan can be found on the CPS website at;</p><p><a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 23/06/2014 12:09:29 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62670

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding under which categories of expenditure her Department has allocated to domestic and sexual violence support services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Domestic and sexual violence are devastating crimes and are not acceptable <br>within our society. The Coalition Government's continued approach to tackling <br>such violence and abuse is set out in our Violence against Women and Girls <br>Action Plan, updated in March 2014. <br><br>Supporting victims is at the heart of this approach, which includes giving <br>victims more confidence to report, and it is encouraging that police recorded <br>crime figures show more victims are having the confidence to come forward. <br><br>The Government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of stable funding from 2010 <br>up to 2015 for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services, <br>rape crisis centres, the national domestic violence helplines and stalking <br>helpline. <br><br>Over the spending review period the Home Office funding of £28 million provides <br>for: <br>144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers, 87 dedicated Independent <br>Sexual Violence Advisers, 54 Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference <br>Co-ordinators, and funding to Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse <br>to provide support and advice to MARACs, as well as running a programme <br>of quality assurance and £1.2 million for three years from 2012 to improve <br>services for young people suffering sexual violence in major urban areas. <br>£900,000 a year is used towards the running costs of national helplines for <br>victims of domestic violence and stalking.<br><br>In 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of <br>Constabulary to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with <br>domestic violence and abuse. HMIC's report exposed significant failings. In <br>response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a National <br>Oversight Group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to ensure HMIC's <br>recommendations are acted upon. The Group met for the first time on 10 June. <br><br>The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear that <br>every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014, to <br>improve their response to domestic violence and abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/07/2014 15:16:03 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4315 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62671

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
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 has taken to tackle domestic violence and sexual abuse since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Domestic and sexual violence are devastating crimes and are not acceptable <br>within our society. The Coalition Government's continued approach to tackling <br>such violence and abuse is set out in our Violence against Women and Girls <br>Action Plan, updated in March 2014. <br><br>Supporting victims is at the heart of this approach, which includes giving <br>victims more confidence to report, and it is encouraging that police recorded <br>crime figures show more victims are having the confidence to come forward. <br><br>The Government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of stable funding from 2010 <br>up to 2015 for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services, <br>rape crisis centres, the national domestic violence helplines and stalking <br>helpline. <br><br>Over the spending review period the Home Office funding of £28 million provides <br>for: <br>144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers, 87 dedicated Independent <br>Sexual Violence Advisers, 54 Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference <br>Co-ordinators, and funding to Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse <br>to provide support and advice to MARACs, as well as running a programme <br>of quality assurance and £1.2 million for three years from 2012 to improve <br>services for young people suffering sexual violence in major urban areas. <br>£900,000 a year is used towards the running costs of national helplines for <br>victims of domestic violence and stalking.<br><br>In 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of <br>Constabulary to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with <br>domestic violence and abuse. HMIC's report exposed significant failings. In <br>response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a National <br>Oversight Group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to ensure HMIC's <br>recommendations are acted upon. The Group met for the first time on 10 June. <br><br>The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear that <br>every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014, to <br>improve their response to domestic violence and abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/07/2014 15:14:05 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4313 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62672

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
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 to increase the reporting of domestic and sexual violence offences by victims.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Domestic and sexual violence are devastating crimes and are not acceptable <br>within our society. The Coalition Government's continued approach to tackling <br>such violence and abuse is set out in our Violence against Women and Girls <br>Action Plan, updated in March 2014. <br><br>Supporting victims is at the heart of this approach, which includes giving <br>victims more confidence to report, and it is encouraging that police recorded <br>crime figures show more victims are having the confidence to come forward. <br><br>The Government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of stable funding from 2010 <br>up to 2015 for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services, <br>rape crisis centres, the national domestic violence helplines and stalking <br>helpline. <br><br>Over the spending review period the Home Office funding of £28 million provides <br>for: <br>144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers, 87 dedicated Independent <br>Sexual Violence Advisers, 54 Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference <br>Co-ordinators, and funding to Coordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse <br>to provide support and advice to MARACs, as well as running a programme <br>of quality assurance and £1.2 million for three years from 2012 to improve <br>services for young people suffering sexual violence in major urban areas. <br>£900,000 a year is used towards the running costs of national helplines for <br>victims of domestic violence and stalking.<br><br>In 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of <br>Constabulary to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with <br>domestic violence and abuse. HMIC's report exposed significant failings. In <br>response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a National <br>Oversight Group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to ensure HMIC's <br>recommendations are acted upon. The Group met for the first time on 10 June. <br><br>The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear that <br>every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014, to <br>improve their response to domestic violence and abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/07/2014 15:15:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4314 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth