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What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels.

Tabled: 20 February 2024Answered: 26 February 2024

Asked by

Sarah Edwards

LabourTamworth

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

A decade on, I am sure the thoughts of the whole House remain with Hollie’s family and friends. I join my hon. Friend in commending the vital work of the Hollie Gazzard Trust. In relation to the steps we are taking, we have a mission to halve the levels of violence against women and girls within a decade. That is really tough to do—nobody has ever committed to that before. I invite everybody across the House in join us in that. That will include, among the steps we are taking, placing domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms, to ensure that abuse is picked up early; launching a pilot of new domestic abuse protection orders; developing a national framework to track and target high-harm offenders; and strengthening stalking prevention orders. We will take other measures to make good on that commitment.