Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the (a) effective management and (b) monitoring of serial preparators of domestic abuse.

This government has committed to using every tool available to target prolific perpetrators of domestic abuse from early intervention to the counter-terror style targeting of the most serious offenders by the police.

The government has committed to using the approaches normally reserved for counter terrorism and serious organised crime to target perpetrators and keep victims safe. Working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing, the Home Secretary will oversee the development of a new national approach to the use of data-driven tools to identify and manage the most harmful and prolific perpetrators of violence against women and girls.

The Domestic Abuse and Stalking Perpetrator Intervention Fund currently provides up to £39 million over two years until April 2025 to 27 Police and Crime Commissioners to commission domestic abuse and stalking perpetrator behaviour change intervention programmes in their local areas. The fund aims to support sustainable behaviour change and robust disruption to reduce reoffending and stop perpetrators of domestic abuse and stalking moving from one victim to the next.