Recommendation - Home Office, September 2024
Recommendation date: 11 September 2024
Response due: 6 November 2024
Published: 12 November 2025
Domestic abuse
We identified learningfollowing an investigation into a woman who was murdered by her domestic partner of three months. See alsothis recommendationfrom the same case to Sussex Police.
Recommendations (1)
Recommendation 1
Accepted
Recommendation
The IOPC recommends that the Home Office amends its Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) statutory guidance to advise police forces to triage DVDS applications in a risk-based approach. It is suggested the guidance can be amended to instruct police forces … Read more
Force Response
Accepted Thank you for this recommendation. This government is committed to supporting victims of domestic abuse, including through the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS). We are sorry to hear about this tragic case. We know that some forces are not … Read more