About the commissioner
Nicole Jacobs was appointed in 2019 as the first designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales.
DAC role
The Domestic Abuse Bill will give her specific powers which will enable her to fulfill this role, and places legal duties on public sector bodies to cooperate with her and to respond to any recommendations that she makes to them.
Who we work with and why
Partnerships
Our aim is to work with as diverse a range of people and organisations with experience of or an interest in domestic abuse as possible. We want their insight and expertise to inform our understanding of the wide spectrum of issues, challenges and concerns facing victims and survivors of domestic abuse and the organisations working with and for them, both at the front-line and strategic levels.
Latest news
Responding to the findings of the HMICFRS report which calls for violence against women and girls to be treated with the same priority as terrorism,…
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, has issued a response to the government’s Violence and Women and Girls Strategy which was published today: “The urgent…
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner is calling for urgent long-term funding and more dedicated specialist court support after a new report revealed that 89 per cent…