Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to develop referral pathways between domestic abuse helplines and organisations to ensure that victims of domestic abuse coming forward get the support they require.

The Government has posted advice regarding national helpline on gov.uk to guide victims to the most appropriate support for their individual needs. This has been?extensively promoted through our awareness raising campaign #YouAreNotAlone.

The Home Office has provided £2m of funding including to help bolster such helplines at this time. This is in addition to the £750 million funding package announced by the Chancellor, £76 million of which will support survivors of?domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery?as well as ensure that vulnerable children and young people continue to get the help they need.

The management of individual helplines is a matter for the responsible organisations, however we continue to liaise with the sector to seek to ensure that help continues to be available to those that need it.