DfE also told us about Operation Encompass which is a police and education sharing partnership designed to deliver a more joined up approach to supporting children as survivors of domestic abuse.69 This work has a key role in supporting survivors, but also in preventing children from becoming perpetrators in the future. In written evidence, Operation Encompass noted that, despite the Victims and Prisoners Act placing a statutory obligation on all police forces in England and Wales to participate in Operation Encompass, it is yet to formally begin. Neither DfE nor Home Office could tell us the planned commencement date.70 65 VAWG0021 66 Q 73 67 Q 73 68 Q 74 69 Q 27 70 Q 85; VAWG0021 20