Question follow-through · 26750
Domestic Abuse: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with officials in Greater Manchester on taking steps to protect victims of domestic abuse.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with officials in Greater Manchester on taking steps to protect victims of domestic abuse.
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
This Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade. We will use every tool within our power to target perpetrators and address the root causes of abuse and violence, including domestic abuse. F...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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