Guidance

Domestic Abuse Commissioner: framework document

The framework document has been developed by the Home Office in consultation with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner.

Documents

Framework Document for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (accessible PDF version)

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Framework Document for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (print-ready PDF version)

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Framework Document for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (large print)

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Framework document for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (Welsh)

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Details

This document sets out the broad framework within which the Commissioner will operate. The Welsh Ministers have also been consulted as required under section 11(7) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

The purpose of the document, which is issued under section 11 of the Act, is to set out how the Home Secretary and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner will work together. In particular, the framework document deals with the following matters: governance, funding and staffing; the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions and scrutiny of the Commissioner’s activities by Parliament or by Senedd Cymru.

Published 1 November 2021
Last updated 10 January 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added accessible version of "Framework Document for the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (Welsh)".

  2. Added accessible PDF version of the framework document.

  3. First published.