Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle street crime against women and girls in Aldershot constituency.

The 2024-25 police funding settlement provides funding of up to £18.5 billion. Hampshire Police’s funding will be up to £461.9m in 2024-25. This is in addition to £4.2m provided for the 2024-25 pay award which has been allocated outside of the police funding settlement.

Across all funding rounds of the Safer Streets Fund and the Safety of Women at Night Fund, the Hampshire police force area has received over £4.2 million, supporting 12 projects. This includes just over £820,000 through the latest, fifth round of funding to deliver three projects across various locations, including in Rushmoor, Hart, Portsmouth, and Southampton, which have a focus on preventing Anti-Social Behaviour, violence against women and girls, and neighbourhood crime.

Further funding has been provided through the Hotspot Response Programme, under which Hampshire and Isle of Wight have been allocated (2024-25) around £1.5m to deliver additional high-visibility patrols in the streets and neighbourhoods worst affected by serious violence and Anti-Social Behaviour.

More broadly, this Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and we will use every tool to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence.

Finally, this Government has put prevention front and centre of our plans to improve the lives of people across the country. We have committed to rolling out a network of Young Futures Hubs which will bring together services to help improve the way young people can access the support they need. We will be engaging with local communities, the police, charities, and other key partners to support the design of the hubs and explore options for their delivery.