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.
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has written to the Lord Chancellor after the Spending Review
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has written to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab calling for…
Letter to the Home Secretary in response to the Spending Review
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has written to the Home Secretary calling for more money to tackle domestic abuse and violence…
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…
Letter to Minister for Crime and Policing about the PCSC Bill
Please read the Commissioner’s letter to Kit Malthouse MP, the Minister for Crime and Policing, about the Police, Crime, Sentencing…
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…