Gender Based Violence: Finance

(asked on 13th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the funding over the next three years in the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy is a) new funding and b) a continuation of existing funds.


Answered by
Jess Phillips Portrait
Jess Phillips
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
This question was answered on 21st January 2026

The cross‑government VAWG Strategy, published on 18 December 2025, sets out the strategic direction and concrete actions to prevent violence and abuse, pursue perpetrators, and support victims — delivering our unprecedented commitment to halve VAWG within a decade.

The Strategy is underpinned by at least £1 billion of funding across government over the Spending Review period, alongside wider investment across government and existing commitments such as funding to put thousands more neighbourhood police officers on our streets.

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