Written Question·Home Office·UIN 111673

Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made to help support the end to violence against women and girls, including what steps she took during the 6 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in 2025.

Answer

Jess Phillips
On 18th December 2025, this government published the ‘Freedom from Violence and Abuse; a cross-cutting strategy’, setting out our whole-system approach to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.We have already begun implementing measures, such...

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