Under the new Universal Credit system, payments are made to a household, rather than to individual claimants. The work and pensions select committee has warned that this leaves victims of domestic abuse at risk of financial abuse from a partner exerting control by withholding money.
According to latest Office for National Statistics figures there are more than 130,000 children in England and Wales living in homes where there is a "high risk" of domestic abuse. In addition, Department for Education figures released last November showed that domestic violence is the single most common problem among children in need.
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