Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 17535

Domestic Violence: Older People

Tabled: 3 December 2024

Answered: 11 December 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review legal protections around the (a) abuse and (b) neglect of older people.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

Any form of elder abuse or neglect is unacceptable. Whilst the Government has no immediate plans to conduct a specific review of the range of legal protections already in place around the abuse and neglect of older people, it continues to engage with part...

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