Written Question·Home Office·UIN 83590

Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Rebecca Smith

ConservativeSouth West Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the updated Violence Against Women and Girls strategy will include policies on tackling harms against (a) young boys vulnerable to child sexual abuse and (b) all children.

Answer

Jess Phillips
This Government has been clear that the level of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in our country is intolerable, and we are treating it as the national emergency that it is.The new VAWG Strategy will set the direction for the next decade, driving f...

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