Policy paper

Government response to the report ‘Victims in their own right?’

Response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report on child victims of domestic abuse.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 25 September 2025
• Last updated: 10 December 2025
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  1. 10 December 2025

     Updated the 'Government response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner's report' document to update the statistic on homelessness in relation to domestic abuse.

  2. 25 September 2025

     First published.

This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

Applies to England

Documents

Government response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner's report

PDF, 395 KB, 41 pages

Details

The report ’Victims in their Own Right? Babies, children and young people’s experience of domestic abuse’ was published in April 2025 by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales.

This is the government’s response to the recommendations in the report.