Question follow-through · 27688
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing legal protections for victims of domestic abuse in preventing economic abuse through the disposal, transfer or occupation of property.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 7 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing legal protections for victims of domestic abuse in preventing economic abuse through the disposal, transfer or occupation of property.
9 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that there is clear evidence of challenges faced by victim-survivors of domestic abuse in financial proceedings on divorce, including in relation to enforcement of financial orders, such as property adjustment orders. Enforcement...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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