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Post legislative inquiry into the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Thursday, 28 July 2016 to Friday, 16 September 2016
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- PLVAW 01 - Gwynedd and Anglesey Community Safety Partnership
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- PLVAW 02 - South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
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- PLVAW 03 - Dyfed-Powys Police
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- PLVAW 04 - Bridgend County Borough Council
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- PLVAW 05 - New Pathways
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- PLVAW 06 - Gwent Police
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- PLVAW 07 - Gwent Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Regional Team
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- PLVAW 08 - Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service’s
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- PLVAW 09 - Cwm Taf region
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- PLVAW 10 - The Survivors Trust (TST)
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- PLVAW 11 -Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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- PLVAW 12 - Association of School and College Leaders (Cymru) (ASCL)
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- PLVAW 13 - National Federation of Women’s Institutes-Wales
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- PLVAW 14 - City of Cardiff Council Response
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- PLVAW 15 - Flintshire County Council
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- PLVAW 16 - Older People's Commissioner e
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- PLVAW 17 - Wrexham County Borough Council
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- PLVAW 18 - Both Parents Matter
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- PLVAW 18a Both Parents Matter (additional information)
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- PLVAW 19 - Bawso
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- PLVAW 20 - Port Talbot & Afan Women’s Aid
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- PLVAW 21 - Atal y Fro
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- PLVAW 22 - ABM University Health Board
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- PLVAW 23 - Community Housing Cymru
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- PLVAW 24 - National Union of Students
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- PLVAW 25 - City and County of Swansea
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- PLVAW 26 - Hywel Dda Health Board
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- PLVAW 27 - Barnardo's Cymru
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- PLVAW 28 - Welsh Women Aid
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- PLVAW 28 Annex A - Welsh Women's Aid
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- PLVAW 28 Annex B - Welsh Women's Aid
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- PLVAW 28a - Welsh Women’s Aid (Additional Information)
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- PLVAW 29 - Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
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- PLVAW 30 - Safer Wales
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- PLVAW 31 - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
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- PLVAW 32 - Wales Violence Against Women Action Group
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- PLVAW 33 - NAHT Cymru
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- PLVAW 34 - Police and Crime Commissioner
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- PLVAW 35 - National Adviser for Violence Against Women and other forms of Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence
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- PLVAW 35a - Annual Plan
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- PLVAW 35b - Annual Report
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- PLVAW 35c - Are you listening and am I being heard
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- PLVAW 36 - Estyn
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Purpose of the consultation
The Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee undertook a post legislative inquiry into the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015.
Terms of reference
The terms of reference for the inquiry were to consider:
- To what extent the
approach to tackling violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual
violence is improving as a result of the obligations in the Act?
- What are the most effective methods of capturing the views and experiences of survivors? Are arrangements in place to capture these experiences, and to what extent is this information being used to help inform the implementation of the Act’s provisions?
- Whether survivors of abuse are beginning to experience better responses from public authorities as a result of the Act, particularly those needing specialist services?
- Whether the National Adviser has sufficient power and independence from the Welsh Government to ensure implementation of the Act?
- To what extent the good practice guide to healthy relationships is successfully influencing the development of a whole school approach to challenging violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence?
The consultation closed on Friday 16 September 2016.
Supporting documents
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565