Question follow-through · 3970

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Justice on the urgency with which police forces tackle financial abuse and coercive control.

answeredHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Justice on the urgency with which police forces tackle financial abuse and coercive control.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The government recognises the serious harm that these forms of abuse can cause and the challenges of policing them effectively. Our ‘Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy’ includes a range of provisions against financial abuse inclu...

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30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many survivor pensions under the Police Pension Scheme 1987 have ceased as a result of remarriage or cohabitation in each of the last ten years.

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Police: Workplace Pensions

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of surviving spouses, civil partners and partners who may be affected by the remarriage and cohabitation provisions of the Police Pension Scheme 1987.

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