About this page. This page summarises a Domestic Homicide Review published in the Home Office DHR Library. The full report is available at the source link below. Victim and perpetrator names are not included in extracted summaries on this page.

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Aylesbury Vale review

CSP: Aylesbury Vale Published: April 2023 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 9 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

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Summary

The review identifies concerns regarding the family's social isolation, lack of engagement with universal services, and the failure of Children's Social Care to adequately investigate safeguarding concerns. It highlights gaps in national guidance for Elective Home Education and the need for increased public awareness of coercive control.

Extracted recommendations

9 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
Panel Recommendation	The Home Office reviews the existing Domestic Homicide Review Guidance (2016) particularly the current suggested guidance for the timeframes to complete a homicide review. New guidance should also give more specific guidance to Police Services and other key agencies about the completion of IMRs to ensure they are completed fully from the outset which would assist in speeding up the Review process.	Home Office
Panel Recommendation	The Department for Education, as a minimum, implement changes to the Elective Home Education guidance following their Children not in Education consultation, which places a duty on parents to register their child with their Local Authority when home educating	Department for Education
Panel Recommendation	The Elective Home Education guidance following their Children not in Education consultation, should add giving Local Authorities the right to see the child and their home environment to further safeguard children.	Department for Education
Panel Recommendation	The Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group undertakes public awareness raising about coercive and controlling behaviour. As a minimum there should be an action appended to the current action plan which lays out a publicity campaign around coercive control using existing media platforms.	Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group
Panel Recommendation	The Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group ensures that any future professionals’ training in respect to coercive and controlling behaviour includes awareness raising and recognition of the impacts that there might be on the children who live with a controlling parent or parents.	Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group
Recommendation 1 - B	Continue to ensure schools and staff are fully informed of Elective Home Education Guidance and procedures (Schools Web is to be kept up to date). Regular bulletin article reminding schools of their statutory responsibility	Buckinghamshire Education Service
Recommendation 2 - B	Reports are analysed in a timely manner to identify any young people for whom we do not have a registered school base or an Elective Home Education base. Reports to include children on the data base for whose education base was closed before they become statutory school age.	Buckinghamshire Education Service
Recommendation 3 - B	Devise an external training programme to ensure all partner agencies are aware of Elective Home Education guidance and inform the Local Authority if they are made aware a child is being home educated.	Buckinghamshire Education Service
Recommendation for B	Processes in MASH and First Response will be reviewed by the Head of Service to ensure staff have due regard to the potential risks that home schooling and lack of engagement with universal services may have on the safety and welfare of children.	Buckinghamshire Children’s Social Care
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗