PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Domestic Abuse: Stalking (17 October 2017)

The Government is fully committed to tackling domestic abuse and stalking. The Home Office has met and continues to meet with a number of partners to develop proposals to further protect victims and further target perpetrators, which have included discussions on the introduction of a register.

Those convicted of domestic abuse related offences and stalking offences are already captured on the Police National Computer. Where appropriate, they will also be captured on other systems such as on the Dangerous Persons’ Database, and managed by police and probation under Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements.

The Government’s focus is on ensuring we make better use of existing

systems, rather than creating new databases or registers for different

offences, which risks a disjointed police and offender management response.

In addition, the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme has also been rolled out nationally to inform and alert new partners about a perpetrator's previous offending.