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Tackling Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Jan 2025 Closed: 17 Jul 2025 18 recommendations 15 conclusions 1 report

One in five women in their lifetime are estimated to be victims of sexual assault or attempted assault. One in twelve are reported to be victims of violence against women and girls (VAWG) annually. The true figure is likely to be much higher. The Government introduced its Tackling VAWG strategy in 2021, supplemented by the …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
26th Report - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls HC 644 16 May 2025 33 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
3 Conclusion 26th Report - Tackling Violence against… Acknowledged

Mandate Home Office to outline coordinated cross-government VAWG spending and long-term funding stability.

Short–term and fragmented funding hinder government departments’ efforts to maximise the impact it is having both at the local and national level. The Home Office spent £149 million from April 2021 to the end of September 2024 tackling VAWG. Meanwhile, other government departments spent around £979 million over broadly the …

Government response. The government agrees with the recommendation and states that a transformational approach will be set out in the upcoming VAWG Strategy to ensure funding stability. It commits to writing to the Committee with an update on cross-government VAWG spending and …
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
17 Mar 2025 Emma Payne · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Farah Nazeer · Women's Aid, Justin Russell · Department for Education, Nicole Jacobs DBE, Professor Katrin Hohl · Independent Advisor to the Rape Review, Richard Clarke · Home Office, Sir Matthew Rycroft · Home Office, Talitha Rowland · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology View ↗

Correspondence

8 letters
DateDirectionTitle
8 Jan 2026 To cttee 9. Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Science, Innovatio…
24 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office relating to a clarificat…
17 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Director General, Public Safety of the Home Office relating to …
16 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the Violence…
4 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Director General of Public Safety Group at Home Office relating…
7 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the update o…
31 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the oral evi…
11 Feb 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the NAO repo…