Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence: Beckenham and Penge

This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG), including domestic abuse, within a decade, and we will treat it as the national emergency that it is. We will go further than any Government has before to deliver a cross-Government transformative approach to tackling VAWG, underpinned by a new strategy to be published later this year.

We have already set out a number of measures to strengthen the police response to domestic abuse, increase protections for victims, and hold perpetrators to account. Starting in early 2025, a new approach called "Raneem's Law" will place domestic abuse specialists within 999 control rooms to advise on risk assessments, collaborate closely with officers on the ground, and expedite referrals to appropriate support services for victims. We are working with the police to develop a national framework utilising data-driven tools and algorithms to track and target high-harm offenders involved in domestic abuse, sexual assault, harassment, and stalking.

In December, we also we set out a new package of six measures to tackle stalking including statutory guidance to empower the police to release the identities of online stalkers to protect victims, and a review of the stalking legislation to ensure it is fit for purpose.

These measures are important steps in tackling domestic abuse and violence against women and girls across the country, including in Beckenham and Penge.