Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18250
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
Tabled: 5 December 2024
Answered: 11 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Kirith Entwistle
Labour — Bolton North East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support available to people who have left coercive relationships but continue to be subject to attempts at (a) financial and (b) other contro
Answer
Jess PhillipsControlling and coercive behaviour is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse, which can continue post-separation. It is often part of a wider pattern of abuse, including violent, sexual or economic abuse.Since 5th April 2023, following the passag...
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