§ Mr. BoatengTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 13 January,Official Report, column 248, if he will list the names of (a) all the members of the ministerial group on domestic violence and their respective Departments and (b) all the agencies to whom the group intends to send the circular.
§ Mr. MacleanThe membership of the ministerial group on domestic violence is as follows:
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Member David Maclean MP (chairman) Home Office John M. Taylor MP Lord Chancellor's Department
Member Sir Derek Spencer QC MP The Law Officers' Department Robert Jones MP Department of the Environment The Baroness Cumberlege; CBE Department of Health Ann Widdecombe MP Employment Department Eric Forth MP Department for Education Alistair Burt MP Department of Social Security The Baroness Denton of Wakefield; CBE Northern Ireland Office The Right Hon. Lord Fraser of Carmyllie: QC Scottish Office Roderick Richards MP Welsh Office David Heathcoat-Amory MP HM Treasury The list of agencies to which the inter-agency circular on domestic violence will be sent has not yet been finalised, but it will include both statutory and voluntary agencies including, for example, practitioners in the areas of criminal justice, health and housing, and other groups likely to come into contact with those experiencing domestic violence.