§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Minister for Women when the Women and Equality Unit will publish the full findings of the investigation into economic and social costs of domestic violence. [178816]
§ Ms HewittInterim findings relating to the homicide of women were published in 2002. These showed that the cost of each female domestic homicide in England and Wales was £1.1 million. Additional interim findings can be found at http ://www.womenandequalityunit. gov.uk
The methodology used is based on the new Home Office framework for costing crime. The data are drawn from the Inter-personal Violence (IPV) module of the British Crime Survey 2001. The research on the economic costs of domestic violence will be published after the publication of "Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey".