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Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

Commons · Question 91063 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of coerced internal concealment receive appropriate support and safeguarding.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 24 Nov 2025

The Government is introducing a new criminal offence of coerced internal concealment in the Crime and Policing Bill, recognising the serious physical and psychological harm that this form of criminal exploitation can cause.The new offence will be accompan...