Mentions:
1: Michelle Donelan (Con - Chippenham) That requires both domestic and international action. - Speech Link
2: Michelle Donelan (Con - Chippenham) Offences around serious online abuse came into effect on 31 January this year. - Speech Link
3: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) Its end-to-end encryption means that even the most vile illegal content, such as child sexual abuse, - Speech Link
4: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Since then, Claire has been a victim of bullying by aggressive claims handlers, and of negligent and - Speech Link
5: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) Warrington Borough Council has gone too far in its money-making schemes. - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) abuse survivors or members of the LGBTQ community, who may have specific reasons for not identifying - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) I support Amendment 195ZA, which I have signed. - Speech Link
3: None of identity theft … If you think you are a victim of identity theft or fraud, act quickly to ensure - Speech Link
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of funding for local domestic abuse (a) services, (b) counselling and (c) advocacy support.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Ministry of Justice is quadrupling funding for victim and witness support services by 2024/25. £154 million of funding has been committed per annum across this Spending Review period, totalling a minimum of £460 million over three years (2022/23 to 2024/25 inclusive). This is up from £41 million in 2009/10. This multi-year funding allows victim support services, and those commissioning them, to build resilience into services and ensure consistency in the support that victims receive.
Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduced new statutory duties on local authorities to ensure that all victims, including their children, have access to support within safe accommodation when they need it. This includes counselling and advocacy support.
Since 2021, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has committed over £507 million, including £129.7 million in 2024/25, to councils across England to fund this duty. Funding from April 2025 will be determined at the next Spending Review.
This is a locally led duty. Each council must work closely with their Local Partnership Board to assess the needs of victims locally and commission the right safe accommodation support services needed to meet the identified need.
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: Victim of domestic abuse Section DVILR: Indefinite leave to remain (settlement) as a victim of domestic
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024Found: Victim of domestic abuse Section DVILR: Indefinite leave to remain (settlement) as a victim of domestic
Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024Found: Victim of domestic abuse Section DVILR: Indefinite leave to remain (settlement) as a victim of domestic
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Apr. 12 2024
Source Page: Suffolk Youth Justice Service: A prevention and diversion successFound: Abuse (DA) The statutory definition for domestic abuse is set out in Part 1 of the Domestic Abuse
Apr. 04 2024
Source Page: Category A project under consideration: Electrification Project, Uíge Province, AngolaFound: updated human rights reports from several international NGOs and recent news reports, human rights abuse
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