Question follow-through · 90972

Domestic Abuse: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion her Department has had with relevant stakeholders in the North East on legislative changes to recognise that under 16s can be victims of domestic abuse.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion her Department has had with relevant stakeholders in the North East on legislative changes to recognise that under 16s can be victims of domestic abuse.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Teenage relationship abuse can have devastating consequences, and we must never shy away from the reality of the harm it causes.We are carrying out a scoping review of the legal framework for domestic abuse, which includes reviewing whether the age limit ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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