Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Ian Levy and Edward Leigh

Wednesday 8th March 2023 Commons Chamber

[Ian Levy (Blyth Valley) (Con)]

8. What recent steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help end violence against women and girls.

[Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)]

14. What recent steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help end violence against women and girls.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Miss Sarah Dines)]

Tackling violence against women and girls is a Government priority, and something I regularly discuss with my colleagues. We have added violence against women and girls to the strategic policing requirement, meaning it is set out as a national threat for police forces to respond to alongside issues such as terrorism. We have launched the £36 million domestic abuse perpetrator intervention fund to improve the safety and feeling of safety of victims and their children, and to reduce the risk posed by perpetrators.