Written questions

Domestic Abuse: Mortgages

Commons · Question 15124 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent joint mortgages being used as a method of financial abuse.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 25 Nov 2024

The Government recognises the devastating impact financial and economic abuse can have on victims, which extends far beyond the impact to their finances and includes the use of joint mortgages to control or exploit victims.We continue to work closely with...