Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken with police forces to ensure the accurate collection of data on the abuse of older people.

The Home Office is continuingly working with police forces to improve the quality of police recorded crime data collected.

However, the safeguarding of vulnerable adults from abuse or neglect is a statutory duty for Local Authorities with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England under the Care Act 2014. Information on the safeguarding of adults is collected directly from such Local Authorities and can be found here: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/adult-social-care-data-hub/dashboards/safeguarding-adults-collection