Question follow-through · 900021
Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking through the criminal justice system to support victims of violence against women.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking through the criminal justice system to support victims of violence against women.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
We are treating violence against women and girls as a national emergency, by investing £550 million in victim support services; strengthening the criminal law to tackle online enabled VAWG; rolling out tough new Domestic Abuse Protection Orders; announcin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Family Courts: Autism
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) understanding of and (b) consideration given to autism in the family court system.
Family Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Bar Council's recommendation to increase legal aid funding in family law.