Question follow-through · 96411

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase support for victims of domestic abuse, including early intervention and safeguarding.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
4 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase support for victims of domestic abuse, including early intervention and safeguarding.

  2. 4 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    This government recognises the devastating impact of domestic abuse on victims, which is why we have set the ambitious target to halve VAWG in a decade. Prevention and early intervention will sit at the heart of the forthcoming Violence Against Women and ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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