Question follow-through · 83590

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the updated Violence Against Women and Girls strategy will include policies on tackling harms against (a) young boys vulnerable to child sexual abuse and (b) all children.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
22 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the updated Violence Against Women and Girls strategy will include policies on tackling harms against (a) young boys vulnerable to child sexual abuse and (b) all children.

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    This Government has been clear that the level of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in our country is intolerable, and we are treating it as the national emergency that it is.The new VAWG Strategy will set the direction for the next decade, driving f...

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