Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69476

Running: Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Jess Asato

LabourLowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Abuse of women runners: implications for the violence against women and girls policy agenda, published by the University of Manchester in November 2024, whether s

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. Everyone should both be and feel safe whilst going about their day-to-day ...

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