Written question asked by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 March 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 March 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Domestic Violence: Crime Prevention

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the domestic violence enforcement campaign conducted between December 2007 and January 2008.

Answer: The Domestic Violence Enforcement Campaign (DVEC), which ran during December 2007 and January 2008, aimed to improve the local response to domestic violence by building on lessons learned in the 2006 DVECs. A key aspect of this was to encourage partnership working to protect victims and their children through the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference process.We are currently analysing data submitted by those police forces which took part in the DVEC and aim to publish our findings later in the spring.

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