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26th Report - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls

Public Accounts Committee HC 644 Published 16 May 2025

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (18 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified

Accepted 19

Acknowledged 1

Deferred 11

Not Addressed 2

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty-sixth report from Session 2024-26 · published 18 Sep 2025

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

3 Conclusion Acknowledged

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

Conclusion

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, … Read more

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.

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