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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	Domestic Abuse
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 bringing forward legislative proposals to include (a) a legal interest in a property and (b) shared children as a defined personal connection of a victim of domestic violence under Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	72443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is abhorrent and we are determined to better protect and support the victims of abuse and their children, and bring perpetrators to justice. This government is committed to tackling domestic abuse, which is why we recently passed the landmark Domestic Abuse Act. Alongside this, we will publish a domestic abuse strategy that will go beyond the implementation of the Act to help transform our response to domestic abuse; to prevent offending, protect victims and ensure they have the support they need.</p><p>Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 defines the parents of the same child as falling under the definition of ‘personally connected’ when they live together.</p><p>In the Domestic Abuse Act, which received Royal Assent on 29 April, the definition of “personally connected” includes where two people each have, or there has been a time when they each have had, a parental relationship in relation to the same child, regardless of whether they live together. Given this we would not look to amend Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.</p><p>It is the personal connection between the perpetrator and victim that is central to the nature of domestic abuse. Domestic abuse is a complex type of abuse that sees a unique power and control dynamic that is affected by the emotional bond between perpetrator and victim.</p><p>Therefore, we would not consider extending the definition of ‘personally connected’ to include cases where a victim and a perpetrator are only connected by sharing a legal interest in a property, because this in itself would not constitute the basis for personal connection without the other elements that have been fully defined in the DA act.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/11/2021 14:01:42 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

91306

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence incidents have been reported to the police in the last 12 months; and in how many such cases the police (a) took no further action, (b) charged perpetrators with a criminal offence and (c) secured a prosecution.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In 2012-13, the most recent year for which we have this information, there were 838,026 incidents of domestic abuse, which covers both physical and <br>non-physical abuse, recorded by the police. Data for incidents in which the police took no further action are not collected by the Home Office. <br><br>The latest data from the Crown Prosecution Service show that the volume of domestic violence referrals from the police rose to 103,569 in 2013-14 from 2012-13 which is the highest level since CPS recording began. 72,905 (70.4% of these referrals) were charged, the highest volumes and proportions since CPS recording began in 2007-8. The volume of prosecutions completed in 2013-14 rose to 78,071 - a rise of 7,369 prosecutions(10.4%) from 2012-13. The volume of convictions reached 58,276 - a rise of 5,727 convictions (10.9%) since 2012-13. <br><br>In September 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with domestic violence and abuse because she was concerned that the response is inadequate.<br><br>Their report, published in March 2013, exposed significant failings, including unacceptable variations in charging perpetrators of domestic abuse with <br>criminal offences. In response to that report, the Home Secretary established a National Oversight Group, which she is chairing, to drive delivery against HMIC’s recommendations. The Home Secretary also wrote to chief constables making it clear that every police force must have a domestic abuse action plan in place by September 2014.</p><p /> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 18/09/2014 14:16:29 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62087

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
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 effectiveness of the TecSOS system for high risk victims of domestic abuse; and what plans she has to rollout the programme to other areas of the country.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	200933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) on the police <br>response to domestic abuse, published in March 2014, clearly set out the <br>importance of using new technology to help protect victims of domestic abuse. <br>Whilst it is an operational matter for chief constables on procuring <br>technology, we are aware that the TecSOS system is used by 16 police <br>forces across England and Wales.<br><br>Through the National Oversight Group, set-up and chaired by the Home Secretary <br>to drive delivery against the HMIC recommendations, the Government is ensuring <br>that best practice on the use of new technology, like TecSOS, is identified and <br>shared so that the policing of domestic abuse is robust.<br><br>As part of its commitment to support high risk victims of domestic abuse, the <br>Government part-funds 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and 54 <br>Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinator posts. This funding <br>amounts to £3.4 million per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 02/07/2014 11:13:06 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis