Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls; and what support is being provided to local police forces and frontline services in the Vale of Glamorgan.

We have already announced a series of measures designed to strengthen the police response to violence against women and girls (VAWG), protect victims and hold perpetrators to account across England and Wales. This includes:

• Embedding the first domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms in five police forces under Raneem's Law to advise on risk assessments, work with officers on the ground and ensure that victims are referred to appropriate support services swiftly.
• Launching new Domestic Abuse Protection Orders in select police areas which will go further than any existing order, making it a legal requirement for perpetrators to inform the police of any change in name or address; imposing electronic monitoring and ordering assessments for behaviour change programmes.
• Investing £13.1 million next financial year (25/26) into the new National Policing Centre for VAWG and Public Protection, to co-ordinate the police response to these crimes from 1 April 2025. Centralising policing expertise to tackle these crimes will drive national coordination, with the development of strengthened specialist training for officers across England and Wales ensuring they offer consistent protection for victims and relentlessly pursue the perpetrators of these vile crimes.

The Home Office also continues to fund a range of organisations providing vital frontline support to victims of VAWG.