Domestic Abuse

(asked on 29th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers in England and Wales have received training on controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship since 29 December 2015?


Answered by
Nick Hurd Portrait
Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 4th December 2017

Data on police training is not collected centrally by the Home Office. Police training and guidance are the responsibility of the College of Policing. The College has launched a new training programme developed by the voluntary sector called ‘Domestic Abuse Matters’ which focuses on improved evidence gathering and understanding of controlling and coercive behaviour. Latest data from the College of Policing indicates that this training has been rolled out across eight forces and plans are in place to roll out in a further two. In addition, the College national curriculum relating to domestic abuse and coercive control is embedded in full into national recruit training, and the College has published Authorised Professional Practice on investigating domestic violence and abuse capturing controlling or coercive behaviour.

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