Question follow-through · 121639
Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made towards meeting the Government’s target to halve violence against women and girls within the next decade.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made towards meeting the Government’s target to halve violence against women and girls within the next decade.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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23 Mar 2026
Answer published
“Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls” was published on 18th December 2025 and sets out the strategic direction and concrete actions to prevent violence and abuse, pursue perpetrators, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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