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Domestic Abuse: Men

Commons · Question 13188 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 14 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) commission and (b) publish research into domestic abuse against men.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 14 Nov 2024

The definition of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) encompasses crimes which disproportionately, but not exclusively, affect women and girls. We recognise that men and boys also experience abusive and violent crimes, such as stalking, domestic abuse...