Written Question·Home Office·UIN 107800

Domestic Abuse: Mortgages

Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of legislative reform for victims of (a) domestic and (b) economic abuse to exit joint mortgages safely and promptly; and what discussions she has

Answer

Jess Phillips
This Government recognises the devastating impact economic abuse can have on victims. ‘Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls’, published on 18 December 2025, outlined a package of commitm...

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