Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why women from minority ethnic groups are over-represented in domestic homicide data; and what steps they intend to take to reduce those rates.

Domestic homicide is a tragic crime and we are committed to developing the evidence base to improve our understanding of the triggers and causes of deaths related to domestic abuse, including for women from minority ethnic groups. This includes funding research by the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Domestic Homicide Project, which captures information on domestic abuse related deaths from all 43 polices forces and provides information on the ethnicity of both victims and perpetrators.

Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) also allow for in depth learning from these deaths. The Domestic Homicide Review Library holds all published DHRs to allow for more analysis of patterns and trends of domestic homicides and suicides linked to domestic abuse going forward.