Written Question·Home Office·UIN 88095

Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 14 November 2025

Question

Margaret Mullane

LabourDagenham and Rainham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she plans for policing to play in achieving the objective of halving violence against women and girls in a decade.

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. Victims must feel confident in the police’s ability to handle their case a...

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