Written Question·Home Office·UIN 15124

Domestic Abuse: Mortgages

Tabled: 19 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Named Day

Question

James MacCleary

Liberal DemocratLewes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent joint mortgages being used as a method of financial abuse.

Answer

Jess Phillips
The Government recognises the devastating impact financial and economic abuse can have on victims, which extends far beyond the impact to their finances and includes the use of joint mortgages to control or exploit victims.We continue to work closely with...

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