Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 19274
Domestic Abuse: Older People
Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024
Question
Helen Grant
Conservative — Maidstone and Malling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on developing a strategy for preventing violence and abuse against older people.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government is clear that violence and abuse towards anybody is unacceptable. Though anyone can suffer from domestic abuse, for older victims, abuse may be more disguised or compounded by other age-related factors such as ill health. I have had meeting...
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