Written Question·Home Office·UIN 121639

Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made towards meeting the Government’s target to halve violence against women and girls within the next decade.

Answer

Jess Phillips
“Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls” was published on 18th December 2025 and sets out the strategic direction and concrete actions to prevent violence and abuse, pursue perpetrators, a...

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