To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish guidance on the circumstances in which police forces should consider the possibility of domestic abuse when responding to incidents that involve (a) kinship carers and (b) the wider family of the child they care for.
Answered on
28 May 2025
The statutory definition of domestic abuse, contained within the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, captures a wide range of relationships and applies to kinship carers where they are related to a perpetrator.
The Government will consider kinship carers when updating wider statutory guidance on domestic abuse to ensure all victims get the response they deserve.
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Home Office