Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unaccompanied children who have been admitted to the UK under the Dublin Convention in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the evaluation of the National Referral Mechanism pilot will be completed; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The National Referral Mechanism pilot has been testing a new model for identifying and referring victims, processing cases and making effective decisions. The pilot has been dealing with both child and adult potential cases of modern slavery and the evaluation will consider decision making and timeliness for both cohorts. The final stage of the evaluation is currently underway and it is anticipated that the findings will be ready for publication summer 2017.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the evaluation of the National Referral Mechanism will examine the effectiveness of that mechanism for children.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The National Referral Mechanism pilot has been testing a new model for identifying and referring victims, processing cases and making effective decisions. The pilot has been dealing with both child and adult potential cases of modern slavery and the evaluation will consider decision making and timeliness for both cohorts. The final stage of the evaluation is currently underway and it is anticipated that the findings will be ready for publication summer 2017.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence protection notices have been issued by each police force in each year since March 2014.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs) were rolled out across all 43 police forces in England Wales from 8 March 2014. Latest figures on DVPNs were published in March 2016, following the Home Office assessment of the pilot scheme. These figures show that 3,337 DVPNs were issued up to December 2014.
Figures on numbers of DVPNs issued by police forces have been added to the Annual Data Requirement and these are planned to be published in the coming year by the Office for National Statistics.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic violence protection orders have been made by the courts in each year since those orders March 2014.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The table below shows the available information on the number of orders issued during the period in question. (Data are only available from December 2014 as the Magistrates’ Courts case management and management information systems only began separately recording Domestic Violence Protection Orders from that date.)
On 17 February, the Prime Minister announced plans for a major new programme of work leading towards bringing forward a Domestic Violence and Abuse Act. This will look at what more can be done to support victims of domestic violence and abuse, especially in the way the law, and legal procedures, currently work for such victims.
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Domestic Violence Protection Orders | 1,150 | 3,951 |
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The report counts the number of cases where a Domestic Violence Protection Order was made, not the number of defendants. | |||
The report counts all cases where the 'DVPO' (Domestic Violence Protection Order) result code was applied. | |||
The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information. | |||
Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. | |||
Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics. | |||
The data provided have been extracted specifically to answer this question and have not been cross referenced with case files. | |||
Data are only available from December 2014 as the Magistrates’ Courts case management and management information systems only began recording a specific DVPO Result Code from that date. Prior to December 2014, a generic code was used to record Domestic Violence Protection Orders. | |||
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence received awards from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in 2016; what the average length of time was between application and receipt of such an award; and what the average value of such awards was.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested can be found in the table below.
Victims of domestic abuse | 2016 |
Number of victims who received an award | 234 |
Average time taken between application and receipt of award | 612 days |
Average amount of award | £7,497.74 |
From 1 February 2015 it became mandatory to indicate the nature of the assault when applying for compensation. Previously, victims of domestic violence and others did not have to declare this information. The data provided therefore may not include all victims of domestic violence who received a payment of compensation from the CICA in 2016. This may also include those who suffered family violence.
To ensure the application of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is as robust as possible there are safeguards built in. If any applicant disagrees with a decision they can apply for a review. If they remain unhappy they can appeal to an independent tribunal. The table above includes cases in which the award was paid after review and appeal.
The minimum award a victim of domestic abuse can receive under the Scheme is £1,000. However, additional or higher injury awards may be made for disabling mental injuries, depending on the length of time that the applicant’s symptoms persist. In some complex cases, where medical treatment is ongoing or the level of recovery is unknown, it may be in the best interests of an applicant not to settle their claim until the long term implications of an injury can be properly assessed.
During 2016 CICA revised its operating model and undertook a major recruitment exercise to help improve the efficiency of the service it provides to applicants. This included increasing its staff compliment by around 15 per cent since 31 March 2016, refining the online application process and developing its online customer portal.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of members of health trust boards are women.
Answered by Philip Dunne
All National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts are subject to the Public Sector Equality Duty and must annually publish evidence of compliance. NHS Improvement is currently undertaking a data collection exercise which will enable it to begin publishing information about the diversity of trust boards later this year.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-British citizens who were conclusively identified as trafficked have received a residence permit since 2010.
Answered by Sarah Newton
In the period 2010-2016 there were 661 confirmed victims of trafficking with a positive outcome at the conclusive grounds stage who have an outcome linked to a grant of Discretionary Leave. Confirmed victims of trafficking granted leave under other criteria such as asylum, humanitarian protection or under categories of the Immigration Rules are not included in the data above.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for asylum on the basis of having been trafficked or being at risk of re-trafficking have been submitted since 2010.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Each asylum case is considered on its individual merits in accordance with our international obligations and protection is granted where it is needed. Information regarding the reasons that an individual has claimed asylum is not centrally recorded, and could only be obtained through a manual search of individual case files. This would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Fiona Mactaggart (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Questions 47283 and 47284 tabled on 7 October 2016 by the right hon. Member for Slough.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The answers to the hon. Member's questions, UINs 47283 and 47284, were issued on 20 December 2016.
I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding.