Domestic Abuse Provision

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Dear Warwickshire County Council,

I am doing research into the effects of recession on the provision
of domestic abuse services and specifically would like answers to
the following questions.

1 - The number of people accepted as homeless by your housing
department, who declared homeless because of domestic abuse for the
financial year 2007/2008

2 - The number of people accepted as homeless by your housing
department, who declared homeless because of domestic abuse for the
financial year 2011/2012

3 - The total financial contribution your authority made to local
domestic abuse services and/or refuge services for the financial
year 2007/2008

4 - The total financial contribution your authority made to local
domestic abuse services and/or refuge services for the financial
year 2011/2012

Yours faithfully,

Rick Anker

Warwickshire County Council

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From:        Rick Anker <[FOI #125028 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Warwickshire County Council
<[Warwickshire County Council request email]>
Date:        09/08/2012 17:14
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Domestic Abuse Provision

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     Dear Warwickshire County Council,
   
    I am doing research into the effects of recession on the provision
    of domestic abuse services and specifically would like answers to
    the following questions.
   
    1 - The number of people accepted as homeless by your housing
    department, who declared homeless because of domestic abuse for the
    financial year 2007/2008
   
    2 - The number of people accepted as homeless by your housing
    department, who declared homeless because of domestic abuse for the
    financial year 2011/2012
   
    3 - The total financial contribution your authority made to local
    domestic abuse services and/or refuge services for the financial
    year 2007/2008
   
    4 - The total financial contribution your authority made to local
    domestic abuse services and/or refuge services for the financial
    year 2011/2012
   
    Yours faithfully,
   
    Rick Anker
   
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Your request for information has now been considered. I am able to provide
you with some of the information you have requested.

Questions 1 and 2 need to be directed to the District Councils for the
area, a list of these is attached here:

You may wish to contact

Warwick District Council
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council
North Warwickshire Borough Council
Rugby Borough Council
Stratford upon Avon District Council

The answers to questions 3 & 4 are as follows:

In response to questions 3 and 4 in the below FOI request I can supply the
following information:

3) The total financial contribution your authority made to local domestic
abuse services and/or refuge services for the financial year 2007/2008?

WCC contributed £514,842.58 to local domestic abuse services in 2007/2008
this includes expenditure on refuge provision. However, WCC also provided
a specialist Domestic Abuse Social Work Team for which we are unable to
attribute an individual cost due the the nature of how the work was
resourced at the time.
   
4) The total financial contribution your authority made to local domestic
abuse services and/or refuge services for the financial year 2011/2012?

WCC contributed £603,601.57  to local domestic abuse services in 2011/2012
this includes expenditure on refuge provision. However, WCC also provided
a  domestic abuse helpline, domestic abuse social work team and delivery
of the Feeling Safe programme. We we are unable to attribute individual
costs for these services due to the nature of how the work was resourced
at the time.

I have had a request from the Department that supplied the answers to
Questions 3 & 4, they would very much like to see the answers to questions
1 & 2 when you get them from the District Council if you could refer the
answers to those question back to me when you receive them I would be very
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