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VAWG 69

  • Reference: 2019/9072
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC will commission a new single specialist victim and witness service that is designed with and for London’s children and young people, handling all crime types including VAWG Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 68

  • Reference: 2019/9071
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC will sustain funding for the three London Sexual Assault Referral Centres (also known as the Havens), which treat female and male victims of sexual assault, and the four London Rape Crisis Centres Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 67

  • Reference: 2019/9070
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC will use the learning from the Pan-London Domestic Violence Service to inform future development of the service Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 66

  • Reference: 2019/9069
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC and the Victims’ Commissioner will, in partnership with the London VAWG Board, examine the case for a London-wide accreditation or quality standard for VAWG services, to build confidence and provide a means of recourse for service users dissatisfied with their experience. Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 65

  • Reference: 2019/9068
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: The Victims’ Commissioner will convene all the agencies and groups with an interest in this issue, to share information and research and to make joint recommendations for safe reporting routes for these highly vulnerable women and girls Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 64

  • Reference: 2019/9067
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC, with the Pan-London Domestic Violence Service, will develop and implement an approach to enable victims to access IDVA support in criminal, civil and family courts Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 63

  • Reference: 2019/9066
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: The MPS and Victim Support will produce and analyse victim benchmarking data on victim satisfaction, to enable a better understanding of the need for training around safeguarding issues and coercive control. Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 62

  • Reference: 2019/9065
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC and the Victims’ Commissioner will call on the Government to enshrine in law measures that require civil courts – such as family courts - to recognise and have regard to criminal proceedings and other safety-based restrictions Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 61

  • Reference: 2019/9064
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: MOPAC and the Victims’ Commissioner will call on the Government to ensure that the ‘presumption of parental involvement’ should always consider the significant implications of contact when one parent is at high risk of offending, ensuring that the presumption does not put children in harm’s way Please can you update me on the progress of this?

VAWG 60

  • Reference: 2019/9063
  • Question by: Susan Hall
  • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
In your VAWG, you committed to: The Victims’ Commissioner, the MPS and the CPS will conduct a ‘deep-dive’ study into rape cases in London, to improve our understanding of the victim’s experience, identify common points of attrition, and guide future service provision in the capital Please can you update me on the progress of this? And if compleete, can you provide a copy of the study?
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