The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has a duty to hold government and public agencies to account and to improve the national response to domestic abuse. We write letters to raise issues with Government Ministers and senior leaders across agencies, in order to improve their response to domestic abuse. Here you can read our letters.
Domestic Abuse Commissioner outlines key priorities for the VAWG strategy in letter to the Home Secretary
July 2025 Letter from the DAC to the Home Secretary on the VAWG StrategyDownload
Letter to the Prime Minister warning that without urgent investment the commitment to halve violence against women and girls is at risk
250603 Joint letter from the DAC and VC to PMDownload
Letter to Lord Chancellor requesting urgent meeting regarding recall changes
2505 Lord Chancellor – recall changesDownload
Letter to the Home Secretary in response to High Court ruling on police vetting
2502 Home Sec – vettingDownload
Letter to Prime Minister calling for urgent action to address the prison capacity crisis
Click here to read the Commissioner’s first letter to the new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The letter calls for urgent…
Letter to Policing Minister on falling police-recorded crime
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has written to Policing Minister Chris Philp MP to express her concerns about changes to the…
Domestic Abuse Commissioner writes to the Home Secretary regarding a firewall for migrant victims
Click here to read the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s letter to the Home Secretary calling for a firewall in the Victims…
Domestic Abuse Commissioner writes to Robert Jenrick about migrant survivors
Click here to read a letter from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner to the Minister of Immigration Robert Jenrick asking for…
Domestic Abuse Commissioner writes to ministers with concerns about the Reducing Parental Conflict programme
I have written to the Home Office and to the Department of Work and Pensions to express my serious concerns…
Letter to the Home Secretary on the need to amend the Policing Bill
Today I have written to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, to discuss the HMICFRS report into policing and violence against…
Joint letter to Policing Minister about police officers and staff accused of domestic abuse and proposals for independent investigation.
Please read the joint letter to Kit Malthouse MP by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and the Victims Commissioner about officers…
Joint letter to the Lord Chancellor ahead of the Victims’ Bill consultation and the need for community based services.
Please read the letter from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner and the Victims’ Commissioner regarding the forthcoming Victims’ Bill consultation and…