Tackling violence against women and girls

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: a establish a shared vision for how the government?s target to halve violence and women and girls will be met, by: ? agreeing a common definition of VAWG across government and policing and identifying the data that will be used to measure this;

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point a, first bullet point · Implemented 30/06/2026

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: a establish a shared vision for how the government?s target to halve violence and women and girls will be met, by: ? developing a system-level plan for halving VAWG that is informed by an evidence-based theory of change, places a greater emphasis on prevention, and is clear what all delivery partners must contribute.

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point a, second bullet point · Implemented 31/12/2025

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: b strengthen accountability for delivering against the government?s target by: ? establishing a cross-government team, based in the Home Office, to lead on the implementation of the new strategy;

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point b, first bullet point · Implemented 30/04/2026

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: b strengthen accountability for delivering against the government?s target by: ? reviewing existing governance structures and adapting these to align incentives and sharpen accountability for delivering;

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point b, second bullet point · Implemented 30/04/2026

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: b strengthen accountability for delivering against the government?s target by: ? coordinating available funding for tackling VAWG, including through considering a joint spending review bid for the strategy.

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point b, third bullet point · Implemented 30/06/2026

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: c embed learning and evaluation through the new strategy by: ? developing and embedding a long-term evaluation plan into the strategy backed by appropriate resources;

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point c, first bullet point · Implemented 31/03/2029

The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should: c embed learning and evaluation through the new strategy by: ? encouraging local innovation, particularly on preventing VAWG, and learning from this to identify opportunities to scale up effective interventions.

Ref Page 10, paragraph 19, point c, second bullet point · Implemented 31/03/2029