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819794

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Local Government: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to enforce Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 for Local Authorities.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	121866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating a country that works for everyone, where success is based on merit, not privilege, and where everyone has the chance to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them. That is why the Government has in place a number of strategies to address social mobility and improve outcomes for those who experience disadvantage.</p><p>Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 is the public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities, which has not been commenced. The Government has no plans to commence or enforce the duty because we believe that specific programmes designed to address social mobility problems in particular areas will be a more effective approach than blanket legislation of this type.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 11:27:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

819866

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the launch of the consultation on the Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	121938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to seeking the views of experts and practitioners on proposals for the draft domestic abuse Bill and supporting non-legislative measures. We are working with partners across Government on our domestic abuse consultation to ensure it is as robust and thorough as possible, before launching it shortly. The consultation will be accompanied by a number of road show events taking place around England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2018 13:45:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

819867

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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 Home Secretary, what steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	121939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support, including women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The Government’s Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy includes the commitment to promote understanding of the needs of BME women who are victims of VAWG and support commissioners to provide appropriate support.</p><p>VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level as we recognise that Police Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners are best placed to identify and meet local needs, including those of BME women and girls. However, we also recognise the importance of national standards and in December 2016 we published a VAWG National Statement of Expectations (NSE). The NSE sets out a clear blueprint for local action and is supported by the Commissioning Toolkit to support good local practice. The NSE states that local areas must put the victim at the centre, and have sufficient local specialist support provision, including provision designed specifically to support BME victims, as well as that commissioners should work with local specialist partners, and map out local women’s support groups, including those led by and for BME women. This is in keeping with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100m of dedicated VAWG funding, inclusive of £17m through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund. The fund, which runs from April 2017 to March 2020, will support, promote and embed the best local practice and drive major change across all services so that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. The Service Transformation Fund is funding 41 projects, of which over £6m is being provided across 14 projects that include specific BME provision. In addition, the Home Office has provided £100k to IMKAAN to help the capability and capacity of BME service providers, and over £2m has been provided through the Tampon Tax to projects that specifically fund specific BME focussed provision.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121941 121942 121943 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:34:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

819869

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, how much her Department allocated to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic VAWG frontline services from the Transformation Fund in the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	121941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support, including women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The Government’s Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy includes the commitment to promote understanding of the needs of BME women who are victims of VAWG and support commissioners to provide appropriate support.</p><p>VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level as we recognise that Police Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners are best placed to identify and meet local needs, including those of BME women and girls. However, we also recognise the importance of national standards and in December 2016 we published a VAWG National Statement of Expectations (NSE). The NSE sets out a clear blueprint for local action and is supported by the Commissioning Toolkit to support good local practice. The NSE states that local areas must put the victim at the centre, and have sufficient local specialist support provision, including provision designed specifically to support BME victims, as well as that commissioners should work with local specialist partners, and map out local women’s support groups, including those led by and for BME women. This is in keeping with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100m of dedicated VAWG funding, inclusive of £17m through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund. The fund, which runs from April 2017 to March 2020, will support, promote and embed the best local practice and drive major change across all services so that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. The Service Transformation Fund is funding 41 projects, of which over £6m is being provided across 14 projects that include specific BME provision. In addition, the Home Office has provided £100k to IMKAAN to help the capability and capacity of BME service providers, and over £2m has been provided through the Tampon Tax to projects that specifically fund specific BME focussed provision.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121939 121942 121943 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:35:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

819870

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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, how her Department is meeting its statutory obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty in relation to responding to violence against Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BME) women and girls and supporting BME VAWG frontline service providers
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	121942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support, including women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The Government’s Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy includes the commitment to promote understanding of the needs of BME women who are victims of VAWG and support commissioners to provide appropriate support.</p><p>VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level as we recognise that Police Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners are best placed to identify and meet local needs, including those of BME women and girls. However, we also recognise the importance of national standards and in December 2016 we published a VAWG National Statement of Expectations (NSE). The NSE sets out a clear blueprint for local action and is supported by the Commissioning Toolkit to support good local practice. The NSE states that local areas must put the victim at the centre, and have sufficient local specialist support provision, including provision designed specifically to support BME victims, as well as that commissioners should work with local specialist partners, and map out local women’s support groups, including those led by and for BME women. This is in keeping with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100m of dedicated VAWG funding, inclusive of £17m through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund. The fund, which runs from April 2017 to March 2020, will support, promote and embed the best local practice and drive major change across all services so that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. The Service Transformation Fund is funding 41 projects, of which over £6m is being provided across 14 projects that include specific BME provision. In addition, the Home Office has provided £100k to IMKAAN to help the capability and capacity of BME service providers, and over £2m has been provided through the Tampon Tax to projects that specifically fund specific BME focussed provision.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121939 121941 121943 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:35:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

819871

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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 Home Secretary what steps her Department is taking monitor local Commissioners of VAWG services to ensure they are meeting the requirement to provide a broad diversity of service including appropriate specialist services for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	121943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support, including women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The Government’s Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy includes the commitment to promote understanding of the needs of BME women who are victims of VAWG and support commissioners to provide appropriate support.</p><p>VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level as we recognise that Police Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners are best placed to identify and meet local needs, including those of BME women and girls. However, we also recognise the importance of national standards and in December 2016 we published a VAWG National Statement of Expectations (NSE). The NSE sets out a clear blueprint for local action and is supported by the Commissioning Toolkit to support good local practice. The NSE states that local areas must put the victim at the centre, and have sufficient local specialist support provision, including provision designed specifically to support BME victims, as well as that commissioners should work with local specialist partners, and map out local women’s support groups, including those led by and for BME women. This is in keeping with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100m of dedicated VAWG funding, inclusive of £17m through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund. The fund, which runs from April 2017 to March 2020, will support, promote and embed the best local practice and drive major change across all services so that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. The Service Transformation Fund is funding 41 projects, of which over £6m is being provided across 14 projects that include specific BME provision. In addition, the Home Office has provided £100k to IMKAAN to help the capability and capacity of BME service providers, and over £2m has been provided through the Tampon Tax to projects that specifically fund specific BME focussed provision.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121939 121941 121942 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:35:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

819979

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were received for the post of Lead Commissioner for the Commission for Countering Extremism and when that appointment will be made.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	122051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>In September 2017 the Government launched a public recruitment campaign to appoint a Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism. The deadline for applications was 15 October 2017. We received 44 applications for the role. Once the recruitment process is complete an announcement will be made. The successful candidate for Lead Commissioner will in due course advise the Home Secretary on the Commission’s future role and shape, including the appointment of any further commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 122052 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:40:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

819980

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale is for appointing commissioners to the Commission for Countering Extremism.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	122052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>In September 2017 the Government launched a public recruitment campaign to appoint a Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism. The deadline for applications was 15 October 2017. We received 44 applications for the role. Once the recruitment process is complete an announcement will be made. The successful candidate for Lead Commissioner will in due course advise the Home Secretary on the Commission’s future role and shape, including the appointment of any further commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 122051 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:40:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

820737

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment the effect of street harassment on the quality of life of women and girls in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	122155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of harassment seriously and recognises the gendered nature of crimes which disproportionately affect women and girls. Protecting women and girls from violence, and supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence, remains a key priority.</p><p>The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy sets out our approach to tackling all forms of VAWG, and commits to continue to challenge deep-rooted social norms, attitudes and behaviours that discriminate against and limit women and girls across all communities. The Government has an extensive programme of work to address gender inequality.</p><p>We welcome the work being done by the Women and Equalities Committee (WESC) who have launched an inquiry into sexual harassment of women and girls in public places. We will engage closely with the committee on this important issue and carefully consider any recommendations made.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 17:17:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

819015

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Government plans to publish the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	121692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As announced in the Queen’s speech, we will publish a draft Bill this session once we have thoroughly consulted with partners and analysed responses.</p><p>We are committed to consulting widely as we develop the proposals for the Bill. We are keen to hear from experts, including charities and service providers, and parliamentarians to understand their views and ensure that the voices of domestic abuse victims and survivors are heard.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/01/2018 15:01:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft