Question follow-through · 902880

Gender Based Violence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to help tackle violence against women and girls.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
26 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to help tackle violence against women and girls.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Last year seven women were killed in Northern Ireland, and rates of violence are higher in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UKLast month, I was pleased to welcome the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls to Northern Irela...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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