Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) For context, part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduced a new civil domestic abuse protection notice - Speech Link
2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) I heard examples of court-mandated drug tests for the perpetrators being taken out of the victim’s legal - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None the release and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators is that they - Speech Link
2: None the release and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators is that they - Speech Link
3: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking is crucial to keep the public safe and that they completely - Speech Link
4: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) agree that robust management of perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking is crucial to help keep the - Speech Link
5: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) agree that robust management of perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking is crucial to help keep the - Speech Link
6: None allow us to target all perpetrators of domestic abuse, not just those who are convicted of an offence - Speech Link
Found: and licence of serial and serious harm domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators is that they
Asked by: Peter Gibson (Conservative - Darlington)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that providers of NHS services are protecting the whereabouts of domestic abuse victims from perpetrators.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
There are security and legislative protections in place to protect patient data, and ensure data is used across the health and social care system in a safe, secure, and legal way. This includes data protection rules which prevent National Health Service employees from disclosing addresses of victims of domestic abuse.
Each organisation’s terms and conditions of employment include strict guidelines on how staff handle and protect patients’ information. Staff must also be regularly trained in information governance responsibilities. Professional bodies such as the General Medical Council also set out standards which their members must meet.
General practices have two options if they are worried that having access to their record might cause harm to a patient or another individual. They can either redact specific items on the record, or disable patient access entirely.
Sep. 23 2024
Source Page: Nigeria: Guidance for UK nationals affected by domestic violence.Found: Nigeria: Guidance for UK nationals affected by domestic violence.
Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: Year of targeted action to better protect womenFound: Year of targeted action to better protect women
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Domestic abuse: justice partners group minutes - August 2023Found: Domestic abuse: justice partners group minutes - August 2023
Apr. 01 2008
Source Page: Tackling Violence Against Women: A cross-government narrative. 44 p.Found: those action plans.The main Ôaction plansÕ are related to domestic violence, sexualviolence and abuse
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor the requirement for qualified legal representatives to undergo vulnerable witness training within six months of registering.
Answered by Laura Farris
The Qualified Legal Representative (QLR) scheme was introduced in July 2022, following the Government’s Domestic Abuse Act (2021) which prohibited unrepresented perpetrators or alleged perpetrators of abuse from cross-examining their victims or alleged victims in family and civil proceedings, and vice versa. The prohibition ensures that vulnerable victims and witnesses are not traumatised by being cross-examined directly by their alleged perpetrator.
As of 20 March 2024, there are currently 366 QLRs registered to undertake work in the family courts and 78 QLRs registered to undertake work in the civil courts. We do not hold central data on total registrations since the publication of the statutory guidance.
Circumstances under which a QLR is required vary, for example, depending on whether parties have their own representation, and decisions on which cases require QLRs are taken by the courts. We do not collect data centrally on how many cases have required a QLR, or the number of QLRs that have presented cases under the scheme.
We do not hold central data on how many QLRs have completed training, which they are able to access from a range of external providers. The Government encourages legal professionals to take up this important work to assist in both the family and civil courts, and to complete the required training as early as practicable.
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases a qualified legal representative was (a) required and (b) available.
Answered by Laura Farris
The Qualified Legal Representative (QLR) scheme was introduced in July 2022, following the Government’s Domestic Abuse Act (2021) which prohibited unrepresented perpetrators or alleged perpetrators of abuse from cross-examining their victims or alleged victims in family and civil proceedings, and vice versa. The prohibition ensures that vulnerable victims and witnesses are not traumatised by being cross-examined directly by their alleged perpetrator.
As of 20 March 2024, there are currently 366 QLRs registered to undertake work in the family courts and 78 QLRs registered to undertake work in the civil courts. We do not hold central data on total registrations since the publication of the statutory guidance.
Circumstances under which a QLR is required vary, for example, depending on whether parties have their own representation, and decisions on which cases require QLRs are taken by the courts. We do not collect data centrally on how many cases have required a QLR, or the number of QLRs that have presented cases under the scheme.
We do not hold central data on how many QLRs have completed training, which they are able to access from a range of external providers. The Government encourages legal professionals to take up this important work to assist in both the family and civil courts, and to complete the required training as early as practicable.