Violence against women and girls funding review: analysis of responses

Annex A: List of call for evidence questions

Questions about the respondent

Are you responding as an individual or an organisation? If you are responding as an organisation: What is your organisation? Which sector is your organisation in?

Call for evidence questions

Q1. What do you consider to be the main function or purpose of services challenging violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q2. What services should be available for women experiencing any form of violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q3. What services should be available for children and young people experiencing any form of violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q4.1. What role should third sector organisations play in the provision of specialist services to women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q4.2. What role should local authorities play in the provision of services to women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q4.3. What role should the Scottish Government play in the provision of services to women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q4.4. What role should the NHS play in the provision of services for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q4.5. What role should Police Scotland play in the provision of services for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q4.6. Are there any other organisations that should provide services for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please select your response from the drop-down menu

Q4.7. Are there any other organisations that should provide services for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - If yes, which organisations? Please explain your answer.

Q5.1. Should access to services for those experiencing violence against women and girls be a right in law for any woman who needs them e.g. like child/adult protection? - Please select your response from the drop down menu

Q5.2. Should access to services for those experiencing violence against women and girls be a right in law for any woman who needs them e.g. like child/adult protection? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q6.1. Should access to services for those experiencing violence against women and girls be a right in law for any child or young person who needs them e.g. like child/adult protection? - Please select your response from the drop down menu

Q6.2. Should access to services for those experiencing violence against women and girls be a right in law for any child or young person who needs them e.g. like child/adult protection? - Please give reasons for your answers.

Q7. How can barriers to services for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls be removed across Scotland? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q8. How can a consistent quality of services for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls be ensured across Scotland? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q9.1. Should services and providers for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls and providers be based on need in their local area? - Please select your response from the drop down menu

Q9.2. Should services and providers for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls and providers be based on need in their local area? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q10.1. Should services and providers for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls be the same in every local area? - Please select your response from the drop down menu

Q10.2. Should services and providers for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls be the same in every local area? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q11. What action should be taken to ensure unmet need is met and regional disparities are addressed? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q12. How can women, children and young people who have experienced violence against women and girls be meaningfully included in the co-design/evaluation of services? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q13.1. For services receiving funding, what would be the optimum length of funding period to ensure they are able to continue to provide services effectively for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please select your response from the drop down menu

Q13.1. For services receiving funding, what would be the optimum length of funding period to ensure they are able to continue to provide services effectively for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - If other, how long?

Q13.2. For services receiving funding, what would be the optimum length of funding period to ensure they are able to continue to provide services effectively for women, children and young people experiencing violence against women and girls? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q14. Should funding application processes remain 'lighter touch' as was the case at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, or revert to a higher level of scrutiny as previously? - Please give reasons for your answer.

Q15. What is the single most important thing that can be done to reduce/mitigate the impact of violence against women and girls? - Please add your response in the text box.

Q16. Is there anything else you would like to tell us? - Please add your response in the text box.

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