Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

What steps the Government is taking to ensure that covid-19 emergency funding support is fair and equitable across transport operators.

Tabled: 15 October 2020Answered: 22 October 2020

Asked by

Kate Osborne

LabourJarrow and Gateshead East

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)

The Prime Minister has made tackling violence against women and girls a priority across the Government and every public service must play its part. In the NHS, we will be supporting GPs to identify, support and refer victims and survivors to specialist services. That will include a specialist support worker for every GP practice to draw on and training GPs to spot the signs of domestic abuse and sexual violence. As part of the Government’s VAWG strategy, the Department will provide an additional £5 million for victim support services and up to £50 million to roll out specialist services for child sexual abuse victims.