To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the (a) Minister for Women and Equalities and (b) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the implications for the Government's policies on the protection of victims of domestic violence of the recommednations of the Women's Aid SOS campaign on new models of funding for the national network of specialist women's refuges; and if she will make a statement.
Answered on
17 October 2014
The Home Secretary and I regularly discuss all issues related to tackling Violence Against Women and Girls with other Government Departments, including through the Inter-Ministerial Group on VAWG which she chairs. The Group meets quarterly and oversees the co-ordination of cross-departmental activity to tackle VAWG and provides a forum for discussing issues such as Women’s Aid’s SOS campaign, and the funding of women’s refuges.
I discussed this issue, amongst others, with the Minister for Women and Equalities last week.