Immigrants: Domestic Abuse

(asked on 25th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help victims of domestic abuse with No Recourse to Public Funds access domestic abuse services during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 28th April 2020

This Government is committed to ensuring victims of domestic abuse are treated first and foremost as victims.

Non-British victims residing in the UK are able to apply for support from local authorities regardless of their immigration status.

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