Oral QuestionMinistry of Defence

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 9 January 2018Answered: 15 January 2018

Asked by

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Defence

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jess Phillips)

We strongly encourage employers to support their employees who experience domestic abuse. Many already do that through their membership of the employers’ initiative on domestic abuse, which empowers employers to take action. I will be working with the Department for Business and Trade, including through the violence against women and girls strategy, to look at issues specific to victims in the workplace.