Proof Selby District Council Forced Victims Of Domestic Abuse To Endure Continued Violence

Below is an extract taken from the minutes of a meeting of North Yorkshire County Council Safe and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee, June 2006

'A key area raised by the NYCLSP was an issue in the Selby area as there seemed to be a problem for victims of Domestic Abuse accessing legal advice quickly. Another issue raised was Selby District Council's response to women presenting as homeless fleeing domestic violence, victims had been returned to their homes and told they would not be accommodated.'

How are families ever to escape the confines and atrocities of domestic abuse when local government refuse to re-house fleeing victims. This is in clear breach of the governments policies regarding the safeguarding victims and children from Domestic Violence. Selby District Councils policy of refusal to re-house and returning the victim to the family home, an unsuitable and dangerous environment in which the victim is at great risk of enduring increased violence is highly questionable. Is it any wonder then I ask that this gives Social Services even greater premise to remove any children in such an unsafe home????