Written Question·Home Office·UIN 70037
Domestic Abuse
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Question
Perran Moon
Labour — Camborne and Redruth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with police forces on improving investigations into cases involving coercive and controlling behaviour.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe statutory definition of domestic abuse, contained within the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, explicitly recognises coercive controlling behaviour (CCB) as a form of domestic abuse.The government is committed to ensuring policing has the right skills and trai...
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