PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Domestic Abuse (14 January 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the risks of smart home and internet-connected devices being used to enable domestic violence.
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Answer
Last year we launched a public consultation on the Government response to domestic abuse in which we asked about the risk of technology being used to perpetrate abuse.
We will be publishing a response to the consultation and draft Domestic Abuse Bill soon.
The Government will also shortly publish a white paper detailing how we will tackle online harms, including domestic abuse.
We have also provided Refuge with £250,000 of funding through the Tampon Tax to provide specialist nationwide support to staff and survivors who experience technologically facilitated abuse.
Answered by:
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
17 January 2019
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