Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment the Government has made of trends in the levels of violence against women and girls.

Police data does not provide a fully reliable picture of trends of Violence Against Women and Girls. These crimes are often hidden and can go unreported to the police.

Pleasingly, levels of reporting have gone up. This may be in part be due to improvements in recording practices, but also because victims and survivors are more comfortable in coming forward.

We want to see these increases, so the victims and survivors can be supported so more perpetrators are rightly brought to justice.