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<p><del class="ministerial">Asylum Operations regularly engage with civil society
groups via stakeholder forums and often consult with civil society groups on asylum
processes.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Asylum Operations first communicated
with civil society groups on the proof of concept for asylum interviews on 22 September
2020. We further engaged on the 6 October 2020 and continue to gather feedback to
support the development of the proof of concept. We are in the process of responding
in writing to further questions already submitted from civil society groups.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The proof of concept will help establish if there is a longer-term
viability. Once the proof of concept phase is complete, we will evaluate as part of
ongoing engagement with civil society groups to support further development</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Of the £27 million of funds which were earmarked for domestic
abuse services affected by COVID-19, government departments have as of 28 October
2020 paid out £25,129,341.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Within the £27 million,
of the £15 million earmarked for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to distribute to local
domestic abuse services through Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), the breakdown
by UK region of the funds is as follows:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>UK
region</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sum distributed
to PCCs in the region in question to distribute to domestic abuse services in their
area/£</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">1,465,536</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East
Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,297,433</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,217,191</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">North-East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,001,315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">North-West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,779,688</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">South-East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,275,251</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">South-West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,199,098</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">940,479</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">West Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,166,225</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Yorkshire and the Humber</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,067,868</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The above funds were distributed
to the following PCCs:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>PCC</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>Sum allocated/£</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Avon and Somerset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">365,583</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Bedfordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">214,654</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Cambridgeshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">209,068</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Cheshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">222,793</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Cleveland</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">354,331</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Cumbria</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152,784</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Derbyshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">365,080</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Devon and Cornwall</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">320,775</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Dorset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170,710</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">303,238</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Dyfed-Powys</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96,416</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Essex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">462,273</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Gloucestershire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">113,933</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Greater Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">645,461</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Gwent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152,199</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Hampshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">433,854</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Hertfordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">226,923</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Humberside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116,022</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Kent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">484,381</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Lancashire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">380,264</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Leicestershire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">352,997</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Lincolnshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">74,881</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Merseyside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">378,386</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">MOPAC (London)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,217,191</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Norfolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">191,926</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">North Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">178,500</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">203,407</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Northamptonshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188,331</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Northumbria</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">343,746</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Nottinghamshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">316,144</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">South Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">513,364</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">405,664</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Staffordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">284,632</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Suffolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">160,692</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Surrey</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">277,865</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Sussex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">474,728</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Thames Valley</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">604,423</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Warwickshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">153,308</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">West Mercia</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">235,586</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">West Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">492,699</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">342,775</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">Wiltshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">228,098</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins
class="ministerial"> Of the £2 million earmarked for the Home Office to distribute
to national and regional domestic abuse services, most of the recipients cover more
than one UK region and so it is not possible to delineate the funding by region. The
exceptions are one organisation which covers only the South-East, which was allocated
£5,000, and three organisations which cover only Wales, which collectively were allocated
£192,206.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the £10 million earmarked for the
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to distribute to safe accommodation
services in England, information is not available on the UK regions to which funds
were distributed. This is because the exact locations of refuge and safe accommodation
services are not revealed for safety reasons, and so may not match the charity’s registered
address.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to break any of the
three departments’ allocations down to local authority level.</ins></p><p> </p>
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