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<p>Tackling domestic abuse is a key priority for this Government.</p><p>The Office
for National Statistics has ascribed national increases in police recorded violent
crime to improvements in police recording.</p><p>The Government is providing £10 million
to fund specialist domestic and sexual violence services and national helplines up
to April 2016, including part-funding to 23 Independent Domestic Violence Advocates
and eight Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Coordinators in London. New guidance for the
police has been published by the College of Policing, new training has been piloted
and for the first time police are collating domestic violence data against a national
standard.</p><p>The Government recognises that local areas are best placed to meet
local need.</p>
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