Question follow-through · 45245
Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support survivors of domestic abuse and violence against women through the criminal justice system.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support survivors of domestic abuse and violence against women through the criminal justice system.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. Ministers from a wide range of relevant Government departments regularly meet to ensure we are using all available levers to achieve th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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