Victims Act 2024: Duty To Collaborate Enforced

Broad implementation timelines (subject to ongoing Spending Review) for relevant duty holders under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.

The duty to collaborate under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 will require local policing bodies, local authorities and ICBs to collaborate in the commissioning of community support services in England for victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and serious violence. Duty holders must also develop a joint needs assessment and local strategy which demonstrates how they will collaborate to deliver and improve relevant victim support services. Broad implementation timelines, subject to the ongoing Spending Review and departmental allocations processes, are available.

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