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Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Funding

Status: Closed Opened: 26 Feb 2025 Closed: 9 Dec 2025 11 recommendations 7 conclusions 1 report

This short inquiry is aimed at influencing the content of the Government’s new VAWG strategy, which is expected later this year. The aim is to examine the link between funding and outcomes. The inquiry will explore themes around funding that the Government needs to address in its strategy to be able to meet its policy … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - Tackling violence against women and girls: fun… HC 741 11 Jul 2025 18 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
1 Conclusion 3rd Report - Tackling violence against … Accepted

Define 'violence against women and girls' for consistent measurement across organisations

The term ‘violence against women and girls’ needs to be clearly defined by the Government to ensure that rates can be measured by different organisations in a consistent way. (Conclusion, Paragraph 7)

Government response AI summary
The government stated it already uses a single consistent definition of VAWG, outlining the wide range of crime types it covers, and detailed existing and planned metrics for measuring progress against this definition.
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Home Office
7 Conclusion 3rd Report - Tackling violence against … Accepted

Government's assessment of VAWG interventions lacks clarity on service effectiveness

We are unclear how the Government is assessing the interventions that are shown to work, as we do not see a link between the data required and the effectiveness of a service. This gives us little confidence that funding is being directed to what works. (Conclusion, Paragraph 22) Read more

Government response AI summary
The Home Office is reviewing definitions of 'by and for' services and exploring improved commissioning, including a standardised bidding process. The Ministry of Justice will maintain 2024-25/2025-26 funding levels for sexual violence and domestic abuse support and amalgamate existing ringfenced funds into one stream for …
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Home Office

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
17 Jun 2025 Alison Lowe OBE · West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Clare Moody · Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, Councillor Sue Woolley · Local Government Association, Gisela Carr · Home Office, Jess Phillips MP · Home Office View ↗
6 May 2025 Ellie Butt · Refuge, Ghadah Alnasseri · Imkaan, Leyla Buran · White Ribbon UK, Sarah Fulham · Hestia View ↗

Who gave evidence

9 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Alison Lowe OBE · Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime West Yorkshire Combined Authority 1
Clare Moody · Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somers… Association of Police and Crime Commissioners 1
Councillor Sue Woolley · Deputy Chairman of Safer and Stronger Communities… Local Government Association 1
Ellie Butt · Head of Policy and Public Affairs Refuge 1
Ghadah Alnasseri · Executive Director Imkaan 1
Gisela Carr · Deputy Director, Interpersonal Abuse Unit Home Office 1
Jess Phillips MP · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister … Home Office 1
Leyla Buran · Campaigns and Policy Manager White Ribbon UK 1
Sarah Fulham · Director of Domestic Abuse Hestia 1

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
8 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls …
8 Jul 2025 To cttee letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls …