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Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Education and Skills Funding Agency

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: ESFA funding agreements and contracts 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)

Found: "Working Day" a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for domestic business

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Constitution Directorate
Justice Directorate

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent Scotland
Document: Justice in an independent Scotland : Paper 13 (PDF)

Found: the world leading22 Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 201823 that makes psychological domestic abuse and

Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Justice Directorate

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Taskforce Minutes: March 2024
Document: Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Taskforce Minutes: March 2024 (webpage)

Found: Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Taskforce Minutes: March 2024

Select Committee
Correspondence from the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding, relating to the escalation of violence against women and girls, dated 16 April 2024

Correspondence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: Correspondence from the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding, relating to the escalation of violence

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 - Wed 24 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) or recurrence of trauma, through training on domestic abuse and trauma-informed practice.Although I - Speech Link
2: Don, Natalie (SNP - Renfrewshire North and West) Nonetheless, the impact of domestic abuse forms an important part of existing trauma training for panel - Speech Link
3: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) involve domestic abuse. - Speech Link
4: McCall, Roz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Domestic abuse may continue overtly or covertly at different stages of a relationship and beyond, perhaps - Speech Link

Written Question
Domestic Abuse
Wednesday 24th April 2024

Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) assess and (b) improve the effectiveness of existing legal measures designed to protect (a) minority ethnic women and (b) all people from domestic abuse.

Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)

The government has taken a number of measures to strengthen legislation and protections for victims of domestic abuse.

This includes the measures set out in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, which is helping transform our response to victims and bring perpetrators to justice.

Controlling or Coercive Behaviour within an intimate or family relationship was made a criminal offence under the Serious Crime Act 2015. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 removed the requirement for the parties to be ‘living together’ for the offence to occur, meaning it applies to intimate partners, ex-partners or family members, regardless of whether the victim and perpetrator live together.

The Domestic Abuse statutory guidance contains detailed sections setting out specifically how victims from ethnic minority backgrounds may experience additional barriers to identifying, disclosing, seeking help or reporting abuse.

The government continues to offer migrant victims in the UK who have, or last had, permission to be in the UK under the family Immigration Rules to apply for access to the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC).

The government will continue to work with the police and criminal justice agencies to ensure the law is used to maximum effect to protect victims of domestic abuse.

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 056._Domestic_abuse_V26.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791].

Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bshp - Bishops) migrant victim survivors of domestic abuse? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) migrant victim survivors of domestic abuse? - Speech Link
3: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) abuse, including children, and bring perpetrators to justice. - Speech Link
4: None perpetrators of crime.” - Speech Link
5: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) perpetrators of crime.” - Speech Link
6: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) perpetrators of crime.” - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: Stronger protections for stalking and harassment victims
Document: updated statutory guidance (PDF)

Found: be used in a domestic abuse context where appropriate .

Bill Documents
22 Apr 2024 - Amendment Paper
HL Bill 57-II(Rev) Revised second marshalled list for Report
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23

Found: domestic abuse (1) The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 is amended as follows