Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase public awareness of Clare's Law; and whether she plans to work with local authorities, police forces, healthcare providers and community organisations to promote awareness of the scheme.
Answered by Home Office
The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, also known as ‘Clare’s Law’, enables the police to disclose information to a victim or potential victim of domestic abuse, about their partner or ex-partner’s abusive or violent offending.
We know that more needs to be done to make sure the scheme is working well for victims. That is why the Home Office and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection are working to closely to support more consistent implementation of the scheme across policing.
Through our strategy: Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls, we committed to creating a clearer and more consistent framework for disclosures, and to explore the potential to expand ‘Clare’s Law’ to other forms of violence against women and girls. Work on this is underway and we intend to invite views on the current statutory guidance and any potential expansion via a public consultation, which will be advertised widely to the public and key stakeholders.
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