Jess Phillips: This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and prevention will be a key element of our approach. With a mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
Jess Phillips: To make our streets safe, we must drastically reduce serious violent crimes and violence against women and girls; increase confidence in the police; stop young people falling into crime and make our criminal justice system work for victims. We have set out our mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade. This Government will treat tackling violence against women and...
Jess Phillips: The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery; ensuring that victims are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted. The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery which works to ensure that confirmed victims receive support until they no...
Jess Phillips: We are committed to working across government to take robust action to better safeguard children from all forms of child sexual abuse, including online grooming, and to ensure victims and survivors receive appropriate care and support while perpetrators face the full force of the law. The Home Office funds a network of Undercover Online Officers (UCOLs) in Regional Organised Crime Units who...
Jess Phillips: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes a wide range of statistics collected across government on offences disproportionately experienced by women and girls. This includes data on the demographic characteristics of victims and their relationships with perpetrators. The department is working with ONS and other government departments to improve and expand data collections in this...
Jess Phillips: There are two Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) officers who work in Northern Ireland and one officer who works in Scotland. The GLAA can deploy their officers working in other regions to support the officers in Northern Ireland and Scotland in undertaking regulatory activity when there is capacity and a need to do so.
Jess Phillips: We are committed to commencing Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 as soon as possible. Protecting women’s rights is a priority for this government, and it is vital that anyone exercising their legal right to access abortion services is free from harassment and intimidation.
Jess Phillips: This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and will use every tool to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence. We will dramatically improve the police and wider criminal justice response, including a relentless pursuit of dangerous perpetrators and sustained support for victims. We will tackle the root causes of these...
Jess Phillips: The DBS measures its progress using a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) and targets agreed by its Board. The KPIs are grouped into four themes: quality, timeliness, value for money, and people. There is a strong focus on the quality and timeliness of its products and services as these are the issues that customers tell DBS are important to them and it is these that ensure the DBS...
Jess Phillips: The Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) target is to issue 85% of Basic checks within 2 days, 85% of Standard checks within 3 days, and 80% of Enhanced checks within 14 days. DBS publishes its performance data every quarter. The most recent data for April to June 2024 records the following performance for all applications processed within England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of...
Jess Phillips: The findings of the independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Telford exposed shocking cases of the most vulnerable in our society being abused and let down by adults who were supposed to protect them. The Government recognises the important role local inquiries like this, and others in Rotherham, Oldham and elsewhere, play in improving our response to child sexual abuse and...
Jess Phillips: This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and will use every tool to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence on our streets. We want women to feel safe and will use every lever to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade, across the whole of government, with policing and other experts. To make our streets...
Jess Phillips: This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and will use every tool to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence on our streets. We want women to feel safe and will use every lever to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade, across the whole of government, with policing and other experts. To make our streets...
Jess Phillips: This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and will use every tool to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence on our streets. We want women to feel safe and will use every lever to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade, across the whole of government, with policing and other experts. To make our streets...
Jess Phillips: The Government is committed to tackling all forms of modern slavery; ensuring that victims, regardless of their nationality and immigration status, are provided with the support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and that those responsible are prosecuted. The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery, of...
Jess Phillips: The UK Government’s response to modern slavery and human trafficking is compliant with both domestic and international obligations, including those set out in the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT). This response includes the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC) which identify and support victims...
Jess Phillips: I will be taking robust action on tackling child sexual abuse as a priority. The work of the Inquiry over seven years and its final recommendations marks an important contribution in that regard. The strength and bravery of the victims and survivors who came forward to share their stories cannot be overstated. I will be working with ministerial colleagues across government over the coming...
Jess Phillips: This Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and will use every tool to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence on our streets. We want women to feel safe and will use every lever to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade, across the whole of government, with policing and other experts. To make our streets...
Jess Phillips: The Home Office works across government to tackle modern slavery in supply chains and holds regular discussions with other government departments on legislative and non-legislative measures to enhance our approach. The Home Office is currently updating the Section 54 statutory guidance to support businesses with more practical guidance on how to tackle modern slavery in their supply chains....
Jess Phillips: Modern slavery is a horrific crime that devastates lives, leaving victims traumatised with long-lasting effects. There are various routes victims of modern slavery can take to seek compensation for the abuse they have suffered. This includes making a civil claim through the courts, an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and / or a claim to the Employment Tribunal for...
