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.
Letter to ministers about review into Data Sharing between police and immigration
Please read the letter that the Commissioner wrote to Victoria Atkins MP and Kevin Foster MP here.
Letter to the HS on policing and domestic abuse and violence against women and girls
Please read the full letter from the Commissioner to the Home Secretary to Priti Patel.
Domestic Abuse Commissioner Lords Committee briefing
The Domestic Abuse Bill enshrines in law the office of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales. The Commissioner…
Letter to the Prime Minister on the Domestic Abuse Bill and Community Based Services
Read the Commissioner’s letter to the Prime Minister
Domestic Abuse Commissioner Lords briefing 2nd Reading- Domestic Abuse Bill January 2021
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Letter from DAC and VC to the HS on honour based abuse
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Letter from DAC to Kit Malthouse MP, Minister for Crime and Policing
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Letter from the DAC and VC to the Home Secretary on the Spending Review
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Letter from the VC and DAC to Alex Chalk MP on the Spending Review
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Letter from the DAC to Matthew Rycroft
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Letter from DAC to Minister Tolhurst on the Spending Review
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Covid second lockdown response
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