Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive and controlling behaviour.

The government has no plans to create a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive or controlling behaviour.

The common law offence of manslaughter can already cover circumstances where death results from controlling or coercive behaviour or other unlawful acts. A person who intentionally encourages or assists another person to take their own life, including through a course of conduct, may also commit an offence under section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961.