Legislation for 33% of all domestic-abuse funding to be for male victims.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

ONS figures: 1.6 million women and 757,000 men experienced domestic abuse in 2020, yet there is not a single refuge for male victims and many domestic abuse centres, despite paying lip service to supporting male victims, do not. Hence the need for new legislation to ensure support for male victims.

Councils give funding for domestic abuse centres and refuges to support all victims but, despite claiming otherwise, most only support females; forcing males to sleep rough or stay in B&Bs/hotels, even with kids, and zero support – clear, A-moral gender bias.
33% male victims: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/domesticabusevictimcharacteristicsenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2020#main-points
50+% male victims:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9JfXs5QSfo

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions on how to allocate funding for domestic abuse services is a matter for individual local authorities.

You could have a petition asking for the Government to require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for men, or to increase funding for domestic abuse services for men, if those are things you want the Government to do.

Timeline

3 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Apr 2021

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