Guidance and regulation

Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 25 September 2023

Statutory guidance supporting the understanding of the definitions of 'domestic abuse' and 'personally connected' as set out in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 13 April 2023

• Domestic Abuse: statutory guidance (accessible version)

  July 2022 Ministerial foreword Domestic abuse is cruel and complex, and…

• Cam-drin Domestig Canllawiau Statudol (accessible)

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• Domestic Abuse: statutory guidance (British Sign Language videos)

  The below videos provide a British Sign Language translation of the…

Information for British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault abroad, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice in the UK.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 18 March 2022

Use this service to find and view domestic homicide review documents that are available to the public.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 27 June 2023

Local authority allocations of new burden funding for delivery of domestic abuse support in safe accommodation duties in 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 12 December 2022

A guide for domestic violence and abuse victims about services from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
• Updated: 16 April 2024

Find out how to sign up to the Ask for ANI codeword scheme if you are a UK pharmacy, and where to record disclosures.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 17 February 2023

An HMPPS Policy Framework for working with domestic abuse that takes account of a range of domestic abuse contexts and the need to protect victims and children.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 27 September 2022

Information on controlling or coercive behaviour, to assist in identifying, evidencing, charging, prosecuting and convicting the offence.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 27 July 2023

What signs to look for if you believe that you or someone else could be a victim of domestic abuse and how to support someone if they're being abused.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 26 June 2020

Statutory guidance underpinning the new duties on local authorities relating to the provision of accommodation-based support to domestic abuse victims and their children.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 1 October 2021

Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is being abused at home.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 11 November 2021

Local authority allocations of new burden funding for delivery of domestic abuse support in safe accommodation duties in 2022/23.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 15 February 2022

Information for UK nationals who are affected by domestic violence in Spain and how to access support in local regions.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 24 May 2021

This sets out the commencement dates of the provisions of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 20 April 2023

Statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse in refuges or other types of temporary accommodation.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 25 January 2022

The Home Office has undertaken a review of the controlling or coercive behaviour offence, which was introduced in December 2015.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 10 May 2021

This prospectus provides prospective bidders with information on how to apply for funding and how the assessment process will work.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 16 September 2020

These prospectuses provide charities with information about two different Ministry of Justice (MOJ) funds and how the assessment processes will work for each one during the coronavirus pandemic.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 29 May 2020

If you are experiencing domestic abuse, there are sources of support for specific needs and information to help with specific types of abuse.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 18 June 2021