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Domestic Abuse: Technology

Asked by Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 19 January 2026UIN 97454

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of technology-facilitated abuse incidents reported to the police in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold data on technology-facilitated abuse incidents recorded by police forces in England and Wales.

The rapid development of technology has provided additional spaces for technology facilitated abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG) to be perpetrated and has equipped perpetrators with new ways to harass, intimidate, stalk and coerce women and girls.

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