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<p>To understand the complex landscape for community-based support, in the Government’s
further response to the Joint Committee on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (CP 214),
published on 3 March, we indicated that the Designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner
has agreed to undertake an in-depth exploration of the current community-based support
landscape over 2020/21.</p><p>The Government also indicated that we must better understand
the existing routes by which support services are commissioned and funded and establish
best practice within services in order to ensure quality provision. The precise scope
and timing of the review is a matter for the independent Commissioner. I understand,
however, that the review is expected to take some 12 months.</p><p>The Government
does not collect statistics on the number of domestic abuse victims who do not live
in safe accommodation. I would like us to look more into data in the coming months.</p>
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