Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the misuse of smart home and internet-connected devices to enable domestic violence.

Last year we launched a public consultation on the Government response to domestic abuse in which we asked about the risk of technology being used to perpetrate abuse.

We will be publishing a response to the consultation and draft Domestic Abuse Bill soon.

The Government will also shortly publish a white paper detailing how we will tackle online harms, including domestic abuse.

We have also provided Refuge with £250,000 of funding through the Tampon Tax to provide specialist nationwide support to staff and survivors who experience technologically facilitated abuse.