HC Deb 13 March 2000 vol 346 cc77-8W
24. Mrs. Brinton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to tackle domestic violence. [112596]

Number of asylum seekers being supported by each London Borough Council authority in the week ending 18 February 2000
Borough Total number of asylum seekers Unaccompanied minors1 Single adults2 Number of families3 Number of people in families
Barking and Dagenham 2,540 110 830 530 1,590
Barnet4 1,400 50 260 330 1,090
Bexley 420 80 100 60 240
Brent 1,880 50 560 430 1,270
Bromley4 520 40 170 90 310
Camden 1,790 80 420 370 1,300
Corporation of London4 170 — 90 20 70
Croydon 920 140 170 180 610
Baling4 1,240 — 400 250 850
Enfield4 1,970 60 420 550 1,490
Greenwich4 1,910 50 860 360 1,000
Hackney 2,420 — 920 480 1,500
Hammersmith and Fulham4 2,340 160 650 460 1,530
Haringey4 5,040 350 1,210 1,050 3,480
Harrow4 760 40 160 150 560
Havering 660 110 290 70 250
Hillingdon 2,000 440 800 230 750
Hounslow4 960 30 230 270 710
Islington4 2,360 220 1,280 460 860
Kensington and Chelsea 1,820 110 810 280 910
Kingston-upon-Thames 300 20 80 60 210
Lambeth4 2,940 150 1,040 580 1,750
Lewisham 2,450 90 1,000 430 1,370
Merton4 910 — 260 190 660
Newham 5,870 70 1,270 1,350 4,530

25. Ms Christine Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures the Government are taking to tackle domestic violence. [112597]

Mr. Boateng

We haverun a successful 'Break the Chain' campaign specifically against domestic violence; published a joint Home Office/Women's Unit document 'Living without Fear: an integrated approach to tackling violence against women'; taken steps to improve the collection of statistics by introducing better definition of what should be counted as a domestic violence incident; announced a specific initiative within the Crime Reduction Programme on violence against women: the major component of this is the provision of at least £4.5 million for the funding of projects to reduce both physical and sexual domestic violence; and issued new guidance to the criminal justice and other agencies that deal with the survivors of domestic violence.