Question follow-through · 108103
Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of current charging thresholds for domestic abuse-related common assault offences on the ability of the police to bring timely charges.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of current charging thresholds for domestic abuse-related common assault offences on the ability of the police to bring timely charges.
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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2 Feb 2026
Answer published
We remain committed to supporting the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police in exploring how expanding police-led charging decisions for specific domestic abuse cases can improve outcomes for domestic abuse victims and survivors.The Home Office has b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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