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89769

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that all victims of domestic violence are given equal protection irrespective of gender or sexual orientation.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	207382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The legislative framework for protecting victims of domestic abuse already applies to everyone, irrespective of gender or sexual orientation.<br><br>The Coalition Government is currently consulting on whether the existing law on domestic abuse needs to be strengthened to offer better protection to victims. <br>The consultation is focused on whether a specific offence should be created that captures patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour in intimate relationships, in line with the government’s non-statutory definition of domestic abuse. As part of this consultation, we welcome views on how all victims can be better protected.<br><br>Details of the consultation can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-the-law-on-domestic-abuse" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-the-law-on-domestic-abuse</a></p><p><br>The consultation closes on 15 October 2014, after which we will consider carefully the responses received to inform our proposals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 05/09/2014 16:52:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

76485

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the course materials used to train magistrates in relation to domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, responsibility for the training of magistrates rests with the Lord Chief Justice and is exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect judicial independence all training is carried out under the direction of the judiciary and all judicial training materials belong to them. I am therefore unable to comply with your request.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial College has integrated domestic violence within the training packs prepared for magistrates. The induction, consolidation, and continuation training for magistrates, particularly in the adult and family courts, contain significant exercises looking at issues around domestic violence and the statutory tools available to magistrates in domestic violence cases. Where Magistrates sit in the Specialist Domestic Violence Courts, they will receive additional training for this specialist court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/07/2014 10:18:25 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

65213

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the review led by Dr Elizabeth Bates of the University of Cumbria showing that women are more likely to physically and mentally abuse their partners, whether they will encourage men to report such violence to the police.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that men can be victims of domestic violence and abuse, so the Government recognises the need to support frontline organisations working with male victims to ensure there is an enhancement of service provision for male victims. The Government's approach to tackling domestic violence and abuse is laid out in the Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan, refreshed in March 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287758/VAWG_Action_Plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287758/VAWG_Action_Plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>which includes actions to protect men from domestic and sexual violence. This includes funding the Men's Advice Line and Broken Rainbow helplines. We are committed to supporting this vital service for male victims.<br><br>The Government believes that any victims suffering persistent abuse should be treated equally and is committed to supporting all victims of this terrible crime, regardless of gender, race or ethnicity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 11/07/2014 13:39:47 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

62741

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with the Home Office about ending domestic abuse and violence against women.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	201226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I have regular meetings and discussions with my colleagues on this and other matters affecting women and equality including attending the Violence Against Women and Girls Inter-Ministerial Group, working with ministerial colleagues to coordinate policy on tackling this abhorrent crime. Also, officials from the Government Equalities Office work closely with Home Office colleagues on this policy area and recently co-hosted an event working with employers to recognise and support employees who are victims of domestic violence</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 23/06/2014 13:37:59 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

62337

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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 recent steps her Department is taking to help end domestic abuse and violence against women.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	201115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestic violence is a dreadful form of abuse and is not acceptable within our <br>society. The Coalition Government's approach to tackling domestic violence and <br>abuse is set out in its Violence against Women and Girls Action Plan, updated in March <br>2014.<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 response<br>to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a National Oversight Group, which <br>she is chairing, and on which I sit, to ensure HMIC's recommendations are acted upon.<br>The Group met for the first time on 10 June. The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear that every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014, to improve their response to domestic violence and abuse.<br><br>The Government is committed to ensuring that the police and other agencies have <br>the tools necessary to tackle domestic violence, to bring offenders to justice <br>and to ensure victims have the support they need to rebuild their lives. On 8 <br>March 2014, the Government announced the national roll-out of Domestic Violence <br>Protection Orders following the successful conclusion of a one-year <br>pilot in three police force areas including Wiltshire, as well as the Domestic <br>Violence Disclosure Scheme following the successful conclusion in <br>September 2013 of a one-year pilot in four police force areas – once again <br>including Wiltshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:22:10 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4350 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

62338

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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 plans her Department has to bring forward proposals to criminalise coercive control and psychological abuse for the purpose of protection of victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Braintree
tabling member printed	Mr Brooks Newmark
uin	201084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Last September, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of <br>Constabulary to conduct a review of the response to domestic abuse <br>across all police forces. HMIC published its findings in March 2014, <br>emphasising that the key priority is a culture change in the police so that <br>domestic violence and abuse is treated as the crime that it is and that the <br>police use the full range of tools already available to them. <br><br>In response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a new national <br>oversight group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to oversee delivery <br>against each of HMIC's recommendations. Their first meeting was held <br>on 10 June. The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear<br>that every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014. <br><br>There are a number of offences that make domestic abuse illegal, including <br>actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm and assault. Assault can extend to <br>non-physical harm. This Government has introduced stalking and harassment <br>legislation which can apply to coercive control and psychological abuse. <br>However, the Government will continue to consider what measures will drive <br>culture change in the police in response to the findings of the HMIC review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 201085 question first answered 26/06/2014 16:08:31 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark

62341

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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 plans her Department has in response to the HM Inspector of Constabulary Inquiry into police response to domestic violence in creating a culture change towards domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Braintree
tabling member printed	Mr Brooks Newmark
uin	201085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Last September, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of <br>Constabulary to conduct a review of the response to domestic abuse <br>across all police forces. HMIC published its findings in March 2014, <br>emphasising that the key priority is a culture change in the police so that <br>domestic violence and abuse is treated as the crime that it is and that the <br>police use the full range of tools already available to them. <br><br>In response to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a new national <br>oversight group, which she is chairing, and on which I sit, to oversee delivery <br>against each of HMIC's recommendations. Their first meeting was held <br>on 10 June. The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear<br>that every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014. <br><br>There are a number of offences that make domestic abuse illegal, including <br>actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm and assault. Assault can extend to <br>non-physical harm. This Government has introduced stalking and harassment <br>legislation which can apply to coercive control and psychological abuse. <br>However, the Government will continue to consider what measures will drive <br>culture change in the police in response to the findings of the HMIC review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 201084 question first answered 26/06/2014 16:08:31 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark

62440

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with police forces in England and Wales and with the Football Association of England in order to counter any rise in domestic violence while England are playing in the World Cup 2014; and what steps they are taking to ensure that police forces and supporting agencies are fully resourced to deal with the matter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime and the Coalition Government is committed to ending it whenever it occurs. <br><br>Together with the police, we are supporting the Football United Against Domestic Abuse campaign by Women's Aid, the launch of which was attended by the Crime Prevention Minister and supported by the Home Secretary. This campaign is working with the football community to unite players, clubs and fans at all levels against behaviour and attitudes that underpin domestic abuse.<br><br>The Crime Prevention Minister intends to meet with footballing interests in the near future to build on this campaign.<br><br>As part of its commitment to tackle domestic abuse, the Government is re-running a campaign to highlight the devastating consequences of domestic abuse for perpetrators of domestic abuse. The campaign was launched on 9 June and activity will run throughout the World Cup until 14 July 2014. Through posters and digital adverts, this campaign will target potential perpetrators and remind them of the terrible impact of violence on relationships.<br><br>Additional support to victims of domestic abuse is available through specialist local domestic abuse services and the national domestic violence helplines. The CoalitionGovernment has ring-fenced nearly £28 million of funding up to 2015 to support these services, which includes part-funding 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and 54 Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference co-ordinator posts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 26/06/2014 15:52:52 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

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

61770

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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, if she will revise her Department's guidelines to the Metropolitan Police on whether domestic violence cases should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service before prosecutions can be initiated by the police; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><br>The Coalition Government takes the issue of domestic violence and abuse extremely seriously. That is why in 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary) to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with domestic violence and abuse and is chairing a National Oversight Group, on which I also sit, to oversee the delivery of HMIC's recommendations. Following the publication of HMIC's report, the College of Policing is updating its authorised professional practice for officers on domestic abuse.<br><br>The Metropolitan Police Service uses national CPS guidelines when referring cases for prosecution. The Director of Public Prosecution's Guidance on Charging clearly advises both police officers and prosecutors that the CPS will charge all domestic violence cases where the appropriate evidential standard has been met. The CPS is also currently revising its domestic violence policy - a revised policy was published for consultation on 14 May 2014. The CPS is also working closely with the police to assess how the criminal justice response can be improved together with the police consideration of the HMIC review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 17/06/2014 14:47:06 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas