Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to the National Domestic Violence Helpline in 2013; and how many such calls mentioned use of (a) any weapon and (b) a firearm.

Norman Baker

The Home Office provides funding to the National Domestic Violence Helpline,
which is run jointly by Women’s Aid and Refuge. Latest management information
provided by Women’s Aid and Refuge sets out that in the first half of financial
year 2013/2014 (April -September 2013), the National Domestic Violence Helpline received
78,894 calls.

This data does not provide information on the number of calls that mention the
use of any weapon or firearms.