Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point a, first bullet point
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;
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 30/06/2026
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point a, second bullet point
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.
Response position:
Partially accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 31/12/2025
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point b, first bullet point
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;
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 30/04/2026
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point b, second bullet point
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;
Response position:
Partially accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 30/04/2026
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point b, third bullet point
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.
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 30/06/2026
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point c, first bullet point
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;
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
In progress
· 31/03/2029
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Home Office · Source location: Page 10, paragraph 19, point c, second bullet point
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.
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
In progress
· 31/03/2029
· Confirmed by NAO