To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to provide funding to Relate to assist the probation service with domestic supervision cases.

No.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will undertake an assessment of the burden which would devolve on the public purse were the charity Relate to cease its counselling functions; and if he will make a statement.

No. The detailed research on which to base a firm estimate is not available. Considerable further research and verification would be necessary before the estimate Relate itself has drawn up could be used as a definitive basis for calculation.