| Heading: |
Older People: Abuse |
| Question ID: |
1804265 |
| UIN: |
53368 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5239 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Gibson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Gibson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking through the criminal justice system to help tackle the abuse of older people. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4370 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jess Phillips
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Jess Phillips
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| Answer text: |
The Government is clear that violence and abuse towards anybody is unacceptable. Whilst anybody can suffer from domestic abuse, for older victims, we know that abuse may be more disguised or compounded by other age-related factors, such as ill health, or ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |