To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have a full-time dedicated anti-domestic violence co-ordinator. (112100)

I have been asked to reply.

Domestic violence co-ordinators are employed directly by local authorities at unitary, county and district level. Data for local authorities in each of the nine Government Office regions, and for Wales, is shown in the table as follows.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to monitor performance against best value performance indicator 225 on domestic violence. (117557)

Best value performance indicator 225, which was introduced in 2005-06, measures the overall provision and effectiveness of local authority services to help victims of domestic violence. We are not currently monitoring local authority performance against best value performance indicator 225, although we expect that subsequent time series data will help us identify those areas that need our support. The Audit Commission is considering whether data from this performance indicator should be taken into account in the next comprehensive performance assessment round.