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686239

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2017 to Question 62006, when in 2017 she plans to make an announcement on funding arrangements for the revenge porn helpline.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	63444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting victims of revenge pornography. The Government Equalities Office has funded the establishment of the service and any funding decisions will be made later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/02/2017 10:07:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

679795

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her policy is on continuing direct grant funding from her Department to support the revenge porn helpline.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	62006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Revenge Porn Helpline has received over 5000 calls relating to over 1200 individual cases since it opened in 2015. The Government Equalities Office has funded the first two years of the service and provided just under £180,000 over this period. Future funding decisions will be announced later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/02/2017 14:51:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

678096

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on provision of domestic abuse services within healthcare settings.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	61481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>We work closely with the Department of Health on delivering the cross-Government Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health &amp; Innovation attends the VAWG IMG and officials meet regularly. The Strategy commits the Department of Health to support improvements in responses of health professionals to VAWG for example through roll out of the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety programme, free online training and more firmly embedding routine enquiry into domestic abuse in maternity and mental health services. <br> <br> Additionally, we have recently published our clear blueprint for local action though our new National Statement of Expectations and the Commissioning Toolkit which provides all commissioners, including local health commissioners, with a clear blueprint for what they need to do to prevent offending and support victims. This includes in-depth help and advice for implementing best practice. <br> <br> These are supported by the £15 million VAWG Service Transformation fund, which health commissioners can bid into.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/01/2017 09:32:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

678097

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on implementing the commitment in the violence against women and girls strategy March 2016 to (a) promote resources available for health and social care professionals to respond to domestic abuse, (b) increase their understanding of domestic violence and abuse and (c) increase their ability to provide a supportive response to disclosures.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	61482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is strongly committed to improving the services for people who are victims of domestic abuse and violence. We have funded online training material and will shortly publish online an updated resource for health professionals on domestic abuse. This will include pointers to help practitioners identify potential victims, initiate sensitive routine enquiry and respond effectively to disclosures of abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also funded for three years the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme, which trains and supports general practitioners in asking about and responding to domestic abuse and violence. IRIS has been adopted in over 800 general practices so far.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published guidance on domestic abuse and is now considering with health professional bodies what further training and development materials might be required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently piloting, before rolling out across England, sensitive routine enquiry about abuse in childhood and adulthood in a range of targeted services. At the same time, we are considering how routine enquiry specifically into domestic abuse could be more firmly embedded into practice in maternity and mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 61483 question first answered 27/01/2017 11:50:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

678098

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on implementing the commitment in the violence against women and girls strategy March 2016 to firmly embed routine enquiry into domestic abuse in maternity and mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	61483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is strongly committed to improving the services for people who are victims of domestic abuse and violence. We have funded online training material and will shortly publish online an updated resource for health professionals on domestic abuse. This will include pointers to help practitioners identify potential victims, initiate sensitive routine enquiry and respond effectively to disclosures of abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also funded for three years the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme, which trains and supports general practitioners in asking about and responding to domestic abuse and violence. IRIS has been adopted in over 800 general practices so far.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published guidance on domestic abuse and is now considering with health professional bodies what further training and development materials might be required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently piloting, before rolling out across England, sensitive routine enquiry about abuse in childhood and adulthood in a range of targeted services. At the same time, we are considering how routine enquiry specifically into domestic abuse could be more firmly embedded into practice in maternity and mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 61482 question first answered 27/01/2017 11:50:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

678100

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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 formal communications her Department has had with local authorities on the planned changes to funding arrangements for independent domestic violence advisers and multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators from March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	61484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government's Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG) published in March 2016 committed increased funding of £80 million for VAWG services and announced that from April 2017 we would move from a model of direct national funding to a model of supporting community-based services through a new VAWG Service Transformation Fund. This was confirmed in writing to local areas in July 2016. <br> <br> We have also set out a clear blueprint for local action though our new National Statement of Expectations (NSE) and Commissioning Toolkit, which is available to local commissioning bodies and groups. Our move to support through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund will encourage better collaboration and new, joined-up approaches between local commissioners, and with specialist VAWG service providers. This will help promote better collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families. <br> <br> We have consulted widely with the voluntary and community sector and statutory stakeholders in the development of the strategy, the NSE and the Transformation Fund and we will continue to work with the women’s sector and local areas to monitor the level of Independent Domestic Violence Advisers and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference provision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/01/2017 09:30:05 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

678101

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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 implications of the planned changes to funding arrangements for independent domestic violence advisers and multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators from March 2017 on the provision of those services by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	61485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government's Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG) published in March 2016 committed increased funding of £80 million for VAWG services and announced that from April 2017 we would move from a model of direct national funding to a model of supporting community-based services through a new VAWG Service Transformation Fund. This was confirmed in writing to local areas in July 2016.</p><p>We have also set out a clear blueprint for local action though our new National Statement of Expectations (NSE) and Commissioning Toolkit, which is available to local commissioning bodies and groups. Our move to support through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund will encourage better collaboration and new, joined-up approaches between local commissioners, and with specialist VAWG service providers. This will help promote better collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families.</p><p>We have consulted widely with the voluntary and community sector and statutory stakeholders in the development of the strategy, the NSE and the Transformation Fund and we will continue to work with the women’s sector and local areas to monitor the level of Independent Domestic Violence Advisers and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference provision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/01/2017 09:30:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

662995

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 her policy is on continuing direct grant funding from her Department to support independent domestic violence advisers and multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators after March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	58622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>In March 2016 we published our Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy for 2016-2020, which sets out an ambitious programme of reform, supported by increased funding of £80 million.</p><p>As set out in the Strategy, from April 2017 we will move from supporting individual Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVA) and multi-agency risk assessment conference (MARAC) coordinator posts, to a model of supporting community-led services which encourage new approaches through the £15 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund which was announced on 7 December 2016.</p><p>This will help promote better collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families. We have consulted widely with the voluntary and community sector and statutory stakeholders in the development of both the strategy and the Transformation Fund and we will continue to work with the women’s sector to monitor the level of IDVA and MARAC provision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 58623 question first answered 10/01/2017 17:57:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

663000

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 discussions she has had with local authorities, other commissioners and the voluntary and community sector on planned changes to funding arrangements for independent domestic violence advisers and multi-agency risk assessment conference coordinators from March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	58623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>In March 2016 we published our Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy for 2016-2020, which sets out an ambitious programme of reform, supported by increased funding of £80 million.</p><p>As set out in the Strategy, from April 2017 we will move from supporting individual Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVA) and multi-agency risk assessment conference (MARAC) coordinator posts, to a model of supporting community-led services which encourage new approaches through the £15 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund which was announced on 7 December 2016.</p><p>This will help promote better collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families. We have consulted widely with the voluntary and community sector and statutory stakeholders in the development of both the strategy and the Transformation Fund and we will continue to work with the women’s sector to monitor the level of IDVA and MARAC provision.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 58622 question first answered 10/01/2017 17:57:21 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

655680

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her will make an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on funding for specialist women's services.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	56927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering all implications of the UK leaving the European Union and has held preliminary discussions with the voluntary sector, including specialist women's services, about any potential effects.</p><p>The Government published a new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on 8 March setting out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody’s business, ensure victims and survivors get the support they need and inspire confidence in the Criminal Justice System to bring more perpetrators to justice as well as doing more to rehabilitate offenders.</p><p>The strategy committed £80 million between 2016 and 2020 to protect women and girls from violence. This increased funding will help to deliver our goal to work with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for rape support centres, refuges and FGM and Forced Marriage Units, whilst driving a major change across all services which promotes early intervention and prevention including through specialist domestic and sexual violence charities.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/12/2016 17:53:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion