16 days of activism: 16 questions for Government
We've made it to the one week mark of this year's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
It's day 7 and today I've had 16 different Written Parliamentary questions published that I have lodged for the Government to answer.
Written questions allow Members of Parliament to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government and are a useful tool in pressing the Government on the progress they are making on particular issues.
The questions I've tabled cover a broad range of issues and departmental responsibilities. I've grouped them by topic below.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government took to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on 25 November.
Statistical data
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of violence against women and girls in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
Foreign Aid
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the proportion of the foreign aid budget allocated to programmes which prevent violence against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's foreign aid budget was used for programmes which prevent violence against women and girls in the 2022-23 financial year.
Transport Champions report
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls strategy published in March 2022, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the recommendations of that report.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls strategy published in March 2022, what steps her Department are taking to implement that report's recommendation to enhance the functions of StreetSafe to allow the reporting of unsafe transport infrastructure; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken work to develop a national Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit following the publication of recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in March 2022; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce mandatory consultation by local authorities on transport projects with women and girls from various cultures, backgrounds and ages following the publication of recommendations from the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in March 2022; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made for the implications of her policies of Recommendation 10 of the report published in March 2022 by the Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls; and if she will make a statement.
Funding
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that Departmental funding for preventing violence against women and girls is protected from potential real-terms spending reductions.
StreetSafe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of unsafe areas made to the StreetSafe service have (a) been made and (b) resulted in action aimed at making people feel safer in that area.
Independent domestic and sexual violence advisers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent independent (a) domestic and (b) sexual violence advisers have been funded by his Department in each of the last five years.
Mental health support
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the availability of mental health services for women and girls who experience domestic and sexual violence.
Enough campaign
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unique visits have been recorded at the Enough campaign website; and how many and what proportion of these visits were (a) organic and (b) paid for in each month for which records are available since that website's launch.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of online advertising for the Enough campaign website in each month for which records are available since that website's launch.
InCel extremism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the research paper entitled Super- (and hyper-) posters on extremist forums, published in the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism on 30 July 2022, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of that paper's findings; and if she will make a statement.
