Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of victims who took part in the research used in the report Everyone's business; Improving the police response to domestic abuse were (a) male and (b) female.

As part of its inspection of the police response to domestic violence and
abuse, which was the basis for the report "Everyone's business: Improving the
police response to domestic abuse", Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
(HMIC) held focus groups and interviews with 80 victims, of which six were male.

HMIC also circulated an electronic self-completion victim survey to inform its
inspection. 532 victims of domestic abuse completed the survey, of which 483
were female, 39 were male and ten preferred not to disclose their gender.