Domestic Abuse and Stalking

(asked on 12th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) police officers and (b) Crown Prosecution Service training in respect of (i) stalking and (ii) coercive control offences in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 18th October 2016

The requested figures are not held centrally. Each police force delivers their own training. As the professional body for policing, the College of Policing has designed courses that contain material on coercive control such as “Domestic Abuse Matters.” Additionally, the College has published new Authorised Professional Practice on investigating domestic violence and abuse.

Specialist e-learning training on stalking and harassment offences was launched in April 2014 for prosecutors. Crown Prosecution Service Violence Against Women and Girls coordinators have also delivered a one-day masterclass on the prosecutorial approach to coercive control offences, supported by legal guidance, e-learning and an updated evidence gathering checklist.

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