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Young Offenders: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the Women’s Justice Board’s recommendation to develop a Young Women’s Strategy including a focus on young women who have experienced VAWG.

answeredLiz Saville RobertsMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 26 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 14 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the Women’s Justice Board’s recommendation to develop a Young Women’s Strategy including a focus on young women who have experienced VAWG.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Women’s Justice Board report, published on 16 March 2026, sets out independent recommendations to reduce the number of women in prison, including a recommendation to develop a Young Women’s Strategy. The Government is carefully considering the report’...

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