Written question AQW 54716/22-27

Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .

MLA
Mr Timothy Gaston
Party at the time
Traditional Unionist Voice
Date
14 October 2026
Type
Written question
Assembly reference
AQW 54716/22-27
Department
Department of Justice
Business
To the Minister of Justice
Assembly identifier
Document 504354

Text

To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will raise with the Chief Constable the need for a time-limited pilot, including timescales, within the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme under which (i) every application has a named owner until conclusion, including where information is sought from another jurisdiction; (ii) applications involving another jurisdiction and those superseded by a criminal investigation are recorded as distinct categories; (iii) processing timescales, urgent-risk prioritisation and escalation arrangements are specified and performance recorded; and (iv) timeliness, decision quality and safeguarding are independently evaluated and the findings published.

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