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Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of proposals to increase the maximum sentence for coercive control beyond five years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
20 Jan 2025
Answer
24 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of proposals to increase the maximum sentence for coercive control beyond five years.

  2. 20 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Controlling and coercive behaviour (CCB) is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse and I recognise the devastating impact that it has on victims.The Ministry of Justice has launched an Independent Review of Sentencing chaired by former Lord Chanc...

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