Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role his Department has played in the (a) external audit of domestic abuse services and (b) full review of domestic abuse services being undertaken by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Department for Education officials have taken part in meetings with officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and other departments on this issue, to ensure that the audit and review take account of the needs of children affected by domestic abuse. We will continue to support this and other parts of the Government’s programme to tackle this abuse.