Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was allocated to the specialist LGBT+ sector for the provision of domestic abuse services in each year between 2016 and 2020.

The Home Office has provided over £980,000 of funding to specialist LGBT+ organisations for the provision of domestic abuse services between 2016 and 2020.

The financial year breakdown spend is as follows:

FY 2016-2017 – £120,000

FY 2017-2018 – £120,000

FY 2018-2019 – £370,000

FY 2019-2020 – £370,000

This includes £120,000 of funding each year since 2016 for the National LGBT Domestic Abuse helpline, which provides emotional and practical support for LGBT+ people who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse.

It also includes £500,000 funding provided to Galop, a specialist LGBT+ domestic abuse service. This funding includes the provision of training and consultancy to deliver knowledge and understanding of the needs and experiences of LGBT+ victims of domestic abuse to statutory organisations that work with victims of domestic abuse.