Question follow-through · 124013

Gender Based Violence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of funding announced under the Government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls is (a) new funding and (b) reallocated from existing budgets.

answeredAdam DanceHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of funding announced under the Government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls is (a) new funding and (b) reallocated from existing budgets.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The scale of violence against women and girls in our country is intolerable and this Government is treating it as the national emergency that it is. The cross-government VAWG Strategy, published on 18 December 2025, sets out the strategic direction and co...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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