Some of my most urgent constituency casework involves calls for help from victims of domestic violence.

In some cases, the victim has left their ex-partner's property without many of their possessions and needs help to get them back, but the police say they cannot help.

I asked the Home Office Ministers how victims of domestic violence can retrieve their possessions safely from their ex-partner's properties in circumstances when the police will not intervene.

In response, the Home Office Ministers confirmed that guidance has now been issued to police to make it clear they should offer help to domestic violence victims who want to recover property from a residence to ensure this process is carried out safely.

In addition, the 'Domestic Abuse Matters' programme - developed by the College of Policing and domestic abuse charities - has been delivered to most police forces in England. The Government is now funding the roll out of the training to those forces which have yet to complete it.