1. What is the council's position on Victim blaming and does the council believe that it is down to the victim to stop their abusive partner from abusing them?
Our new Domestic Abuse Strategy 2021 – 2024 which is in the final stages of ratification to achieve publication before 5th January 2022 states “Our ambition is to …. and taking the responsibility for dealing with the impact of domestic abuse away from victim-survivors and putting the onus firmly on perpetrators of abuse to change their behaviour.”

2. How often does child social services get involved with families where at least one parent was known to child social services during their childhood? Can you explain why this happens. Do the percentages change if the parent was once a looked after child?
We don’t collect data in this way.

3. How often is previous family court paperwork used again at a future point against either the original parents in the case or the children in the case?
We cannot answer this scientifically as information is not collected in a way that could be shared – would be based on observations of managers/anecdotal.

4. How many times does a parent need to pass a parenting assessment before they are no longer required to take part in a parenting assessment? Is this subjective to new allegations?
Again, we cannot answer this scientifically as information is not collected in a way that could be shared – would be based on observations of managers/anecdotal.

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