{"id":11360,"date":"2018-04-18T13:43:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T12:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/?page_id=11360"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:10:51","slug":"domestic-abuse-bill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/get-involved\/campaign\/domestic-abuse-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Abuse Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11360\" class=\"elementor elementor-11360\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71c6287f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71c6287f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f46b8c3\" data-id=\"7f46b8c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e7e4c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62e7e4c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Domestic Abuse Act 2021<\/h1><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Five years on from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2021\/17\/contents\"> Domestic Abuse Act<\/a> receiving Royal Assent, Women\u2019s Aid bought together influential voices from across the sector, to reflect on the success of this legislation and acknowledge the work that still needs to be done to end domestic abuse for good.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">Women&#8217;s Aid brought together influential voices to reflect on it&#8217;s successes and acknowledge the work that still needs to be done.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd12be elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_video\" data-id=\"4fd12be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width:100%;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-11360-1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWaTCDu4KR4&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWaTCDu4KR4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWaTCDu4KR4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8b62c8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5d8b62c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40c35c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e40c35c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ec84d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94ec84d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The domestic abuse Act became law on 30th April 2021<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Women\u2019s Aid pays tribute to the many survivors, campaigners and domestic abuse organisations who&nbsp;made this&nbsp;law possible.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Women\u2019s Aid&nbsp;was proud to have campaigned alongside survivors and activists to&nbsp;secure&nbsp;many vital changes to the Act, which introduced a step-change in the national response to <a href=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/about-domestic-abuse\/\">domestic abuse<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Key changes the Act introduced include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A legal definition of domestic abuse which recognises children as victims in their own right;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Domestic Abuse Commissioner to stand up for survivors and life-saving domestic abuse services;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A legal duty on councils to fund support for survivors in \u2018safe accommodation\u2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New protections in the family and civil courts for survivors \u2013 including a ban on abusers from cross-examining their victims, and a guarantee that survivors can access&nbsp;special measures&nbsp;(including separate waiting rooms, entrances and exits and screens);<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New criminal offences \u2013 including post-separation coercive control, non-fatal strangulation, threats to&nbsp;disclose&nbsp;private sexual images;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A ban on abusers using a defence of \u2018rough sex\u2019;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A guarantee that all survivors will be in priority need for housing, and will keep a secure tenancy in social housing if they need to escape an abuser;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A ban on GPs for charging for medical evidence of domestic abuse, including for legal aid;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A duty on the government to issue a code of practice on how data is shared between the public services&nbsp;survivors\u2019&nbsp;report to (such as the police) and immigration enforcement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite the work&nbsp;of dedicated organisations and campaigners, the Act&nbsp;failed to&nbsp;deliver equal protection and support for migrant women through the&nbsp;law.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/womensaid.org.uk\/domestic-abuse-act-reaches-five-year-milestone\/\">Five years on,<\/a> women with No&nbsp;Recourse&nbsp;to Public Funds, and migrant women are still&nbsp;woefully under protected.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All survivors must have the right to seek support and&nbsp;safety and&nbsp;live a life free from abuse. We will continue to campaign for the law to protect all women and children from domestic&nbsp;abuse and&nbsp;provide safety from abusers regardless of immigration status.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Domestic Abuse Act was a landmark piece of legislation, but there is still so much work to do to end domestic abuse for good.&nbsp;We&nbsp;continue to work&nbsp;with our member services and statutory agencies to ensure&nbsp;that this&nbsp;legislation translates to action&nbsp;and that the government is held accountable to their mission to halve violence against women and girls.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50366ab elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50366ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2227ab1\" data-id=\"2227ab1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa0a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fa0a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>We want to see:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>A properly funded, nationwide support network for all survivors, including children<\/li><li>Equal access to specialist services, whatever their postcode\u00a0<\/li><li>A clear separation between police and immigration enforcement, so migrant women can report abuse without fear.<\/li><li>Systems and institutions that consistently protect every survivor, regardless of circumstance\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca6c19 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"aca6c19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7028098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7028098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #b6006c;\">Will you help us continue the work that began with the Domestic Abuse Act, and ensure it delivers safety and justice for every survivor?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecb3dcb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ecb3dcb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0483562 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0483562\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ad422 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"58ad422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.womensaid.org.uk\/\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Donate \">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-heart\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/donate.womensaid.org.uk\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonate \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur mission to end violence against women remains more vital than ever. 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