Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 38197

Domestic Abuse: Suicide

Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on reviewing sentencing for instances of coercive control that leads to the suicide of the victim.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Tackling this issue is a core part of this Government’s mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade, and our VAWG strategy, which will be published in the summer, will look at how we can better understand, learn from and prevent f...
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