Home Office feedback letter - NNC003

Interpersonal Abuse Unit
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Shaun Sannerude
North Northamptonshire Council
Bowling Green Road
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 7QX

7 September 2026

Dear Shaun,

Thank you for submitting the Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) report (Harry) for North Northamptonshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP) to the Home Office Quality Assurance (QA) Board. The report was considered at the QA Board meeting on 22 July 2026. I apologise for the delay in responding to you.

Please find the QA Board’s feedback in the form below. On completion of the changes suggested the DHR may be published.

Once completed the Home Office would be grateful if you could provide us with a digital copy of the revised final version of the report with all finalised attachments and appendices and the weblink to the site where the report will be published. Please ensure this letter and the feedback form is published alongside the report.

Please send the digital copy and weblink to [email protected]. This is for our own records for future analysis to go towards highlighting best practice and to inform public policy.

The DHR report including the executive summary and action plan should be converted to a PDF document and be smaller than 20 MB in size; this final Home Office QA Board letter and feedback form should be attached to the end of the report as an annex; and the DHR Action Plan should be added to the report as an annex. This should include all implementation updates and note that the action plan is a live document and subject to change as outcomes are delivered.

Please also send a digital copy to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner at [email protected] On behalf of the QA Board, I would like to thank you, the report chair and author, and other colleagues for the considerable work that you have put into this review.

Yours sincerely,
Home Office DHR Quality Assurance Board

DHR QA Board Feedback for the Community Safety Partnership

Title of DHR	Harry
Community Safety Partnership	Northamptonshire
Date reviewed by QA Board	22 July 2026
Decision	Agree to withhold publication
Good practice commended	The QA Board noted that this is a very impactful DHR with social media implications It is useful to see the chart explaining what friends and family the chair engaged with It is useful to see the section on the victim’s financial position prior to his death
Feedback for future DHRs

	DHR section	DHR QA Board feedback (improvements required before publication)
1	Title Page	No amendments required.
2	Contents Page	No amendments required.
3	Pen Portrait	No amendments required.
4	Condolences	No amendments required.
5	Confidentiality and Anonymity	There are times when person ‘number’ are referred to and times when names are used - please review this and ensure that names used are consistent throughout.
6	Terms of Reference	No amendments required.
7	Equality and Diversity	No amendments required.
8	Background Information	No amendments required.
9	Combined Chronology	No amendments required.
10	Overview	No amendments required.
11	Analysis	No amendments required.
12	Conclusions	No amendments required.
13	Lessons learnt and recommendations	No amendments required.
14	Timescales	No amendments required.
15	Involvement of family/ friends / community	No amendments required.
16	DHR contributors	No amendments required.
17	DHR Panel	No amendments required.
18	DHR Author	No amendments required.
19	Parallel Reviews	No amendments required.
20	Dissemination	No amendments required.
21	Action Plan	No amendments required.
22	Has there been a request to withhold publication? If Yes, include the reason for the request. Is it proportionate and appropriate?	Yes - the CSP outlines concerns for the wellbeing of the alleged perpetrator and the safeguarding of a child. The QA Board concur with the rationale provided and agree with the request not to publish the full report.
23	Any other comments	Please include ‘honour’- based abuse in the definition of DASH page 3 of the overview report.

Last updated 18 September 2026