Question follow-through · 76433

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department requires mandatory training in coercive and controlling behaviour for all staff in multi-agency safeguarding hubs.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
15 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department requires mandatory training in coercive and controlling behaviour for all staff in multi-agency safeguarding hubs.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Coercive and controlling behaviour (CCB) is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse and I recognise the long-term emotional and psychological distress it can cause victims, including older people.Statutory guidance on CCB has been issued to the po...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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