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1006046

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Independent Domestic Violence Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many independent domestic violence advisers have been employed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	190826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of full time equivalent (FTE) independent domestic violence advisers in England and Wales, each year since 2014 is provided in the following table. Data was not collected pre-2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of FTE independent domestic violence advisers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>629</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data was published by the charity Safelives, in their 2016<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> and 2017<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> surveys of domestic abuse practitioners in England and Wales. In 2017, the percentage of independent domestic violence advisor services based in health settings was 15%<sup>2</sup>.</p><p><br> The Department does not hold information on the number of independent domestic violence advisor services provided in National Health Service hospitals or any information relating to the clients of such services.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Safelives’ 2016 Survey of Independent Domestic Violence Advisor provision in England and Wales, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Getting%20it%20right%20first%20time%20-%20complete%20report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Getting%20it%20right%20first%20time%20-%20complete%20report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Safelives’ 2017 Survey of Independent Domestic Violence Advisor provision in England and Wales, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/SafeLives%202017%20survey%20of%20domestic%20abuse%20practitioners-web_0.pdf" target="_blank">http://safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/SafeLives%202017%20survey%20of%20domestic%20abuse%20practitioners-web_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 190827 190828 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:30:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

971488

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what Government funding has been allocated for women’s refuges in each year from 2015 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	172461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that nobody should have to suffer. The Government is committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse. In the 2015 Spending Review Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) secured £40 million for domestic abuse services, including refuges. From the £40 million, MHCLG has allocated the following amounts to local authorities through competitive funding rounds:</p><ul><li>£10 million across 2014-2016, including around £3 million in 2014-2015 and £7 million in 2015-2016, which helped 148 local authorities in England strengthen refuge provision for victims and offer support to women from outside their own area.</li><li>£3.5 million across 2015-2016 which supported 46 local authorities in England and their partners to deliver 710 new bed spaces in refuges and other types of safe accommodation for 3,798 victims of domestic abuse.</li><li>£20 million across 2016-2018, including around £3.5 million in 2016-2017 and £16.5 million in 2017-2018, which includes £1.1 million of top-up funding. The fund supported 80 projects across 258 local authorities in England, helping to create more than 2,000 bed spaces in refuges and other types of safe accommodation and giving support to over 19,000 victims and their families.</li></ul><p>On 2 July we launched a further £18.8 million fund for domestic abuse services, including refuge, to cover 2018-2020. The fund was open to all local authorities across England to bid for a share, and we will be announcing the successful projects in due course.</p><p>Additionally, since 2015 MHCLG have provided almost £889,000 to Women’s Aid for two projects, Routes to Support and No Woman Turned Away. Routes to Support (formerly UK Refuges Online) is part-funded by the Government and is a UK-wide online database containing information about domestic abuse and other violence against women services, including refuge. No Woman Turned Away provides additional caseworker support to women facing difficulties in accessing refuge. We are continuing to fund these vital projects in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/09/2018 14:58:49 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

947435

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timetable is for the introduction of legislative proposals to ban gay conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	167926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>As part of our LGBT Action Plan, we have committed to exploring all legislative and non-legislative options to end this abhorrent practice.</p><p>We will set out our timetable for delivering the commitments in the action plan soon.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 15:03:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

947436

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will make it its policy to fund PrEP from central government funding for all at risk groups.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	167927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Central government does not commission HIV, sexual health or prevention services directly. NHS England is funding the three year HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial which will provide NHS England and local authority commissioners with data to inform the future commissioning of a clinically and cost effective PrEP programme. The trial began in October 2017 and full results will be available in early 2021. NHS England and local authority commissioners are already working together to use the provisional information generated by the trial to begin work to prepare for future commissioning of PrEP.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2018 16:06:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

947437

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	LGBT+ People: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to tackle biphobia.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	167928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>On 3 July 2018, the Government published an LGBT Action Plan in response to the findings from last year’s national LGBT survey.</p><p>Our Action Plan contains commitments that will improve the life experiences of all LGBT people; including those who are bisexual. We worked hard to ensure that the needs of all groups were addressed.</p><p>Our commitments around improving the police response to hate crime, tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools, and appointing a national LGBT healthcare adviser will make a meaningful difference to their lives.</p><p>We are also making funding available for other projects to be delivered by organisations and charities within the sector.</p><p>We will also ensure that bisexual people are adequately represented on the new LGBT Advisory Panel.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 15:04:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

946953

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, when her office plans fully to respond to the letters of the hon. Member for Brent Central of (a) 18 April 2018 on Windrush landing cards, (b) 20 April 2018 on next steps to address the Windrush scandal, (c) 30 April 2018 on deportation flights and (d) 18 May 2018 on the lack of responses to previous letters of the hon. Member for Brent Central.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	167214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Replies have been sent by my Rt Hon Friend, the Minister of State for Immigration.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 10/09/2018 15:05:38 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

946955

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Government Equalities Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many civil servants are employed by the Government Equalities Office.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	167215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>As of 24 July 2018, the number of Civil Servants currently employed by the Government Equalities Office is 110, which equates to 102.3 Full Time Equivalent.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 15:00:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

922454

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to equalise the gender balance in the take-up of STEM apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	152682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>We know that there are disparities in gender representation in apprenticeships in some sectors such as Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, and we want to address these disparities through a range of activities. It is important to note that women accounted for 53.4 per cent of apprenticeship starts in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Year of Engineering 2018 and the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network we are championing gender representation in apprenticeships amongst employers in industries where improvement is needed - including making sure more women access science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) apprenticeships. We have made it easier for part-time workers to undertake apprenticeships, such as those with caring responsibilities and lone parents.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to careers advice we are working with employers to make sure the decisions girls make about their future education and career choices are well informed. We are undertaking work to assess the breadth and effectiveness of current careers provision in schools and colleges on STEM, and evaluating approaches to careers provision to encourage girls to consider jobs in STEM industries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/06/2018 13:40:20 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

922455

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the level of hate crime towards LGBT+ people.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	152683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan set out a cross-Government strategy to tackle hate crime, including hate crime motivated by hostility towards an individual’s sexual orientation or transgender identity. We will be refreshing the action plan later this year, considering further commitments with key partners including the Government Equalities Office in the light of the forthcoming LGBT Action Plan</p><p>Examples of recent actions helping to tackle hate crime against LGBT people are: £900,000 for local projects to tackle hate crime in communities including 3 projects focused on LGBT hate crime; funding for the National Police Chiefs’ Council to establish a national online hate crime hub; and commissioning Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services to carry out a thematic hate crime inspection.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office has worked in partnership with Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion organisation and True Vision, the police hate crime reporting portal, to release a series of informative and engaging resources that raise awareness of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) discrimination within football stadia.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/06/2018 16:55:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

922456

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with (a) maternity and (b) paternity groups on measures to improve the take-up of shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	152684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to enabling parents to balance work and care in a way that works for them. Shared Parental Leave allows eligible parents to share childcare between them in the crucial early months. This is good for parents and children, as well as being an important way to address the Gender Pay Gap in the UK.</p><p>In order to promote and improve take-up of Shared Parental Leave, GEO and BEIS have launched a £1.5m communications campaign encouraging parents to ‘Share the Joy’. As part of this work, GEO and BEIS worked with a wide range of parents groups including Working Families and the National Childbirth Trust.</p><p>We continue to work with stakeholders on how to improve take-up, and how to further increase understanding and awareness of Shared Parental Leave.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/06/2018 16:45:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler