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26th Report - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls
Public Accounts Committee
HC 644
Published 16 May 2025
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
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 Summary
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 long-term funding plans after the Spending Review and internal allocation processes are complete.