Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of hospital independent domestic violence advisor clients, were (a) women, (b) from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and (c) over the age of 55 in each year since 2010.
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.
Year | Total number of FTE independent domestic violence advisers |
2017 | 897 |
2016 | 815 |
2015 | 746 |
2014 | 629 |
This data was published by the charity Safelives, in their 2016[1] and 2017[2] 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%2.
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.
Notes:
1Safelives’ 2016 Survey of Independent Domestic Violence Advisor provision in England and Wales, available at the following link:
2Safelives’ 2017 Survey of Independent Domestic Violence Advisor provision in England and Wales, available at the following link: