Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Funding

Home Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Feb 2025 Closed: 9 Dec 2025 Parliament page
This short inquiry is aimed at influencing the content of the Government’s new VAWG strategy, which is expected later this year. The aim is to examine the link between funding and outcomes. The inquiry will explore themes around funding that the Government needs to address in its strategy to be … Read more
11 Recommendations
7 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
2 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
22 Oct
2025
Report published
11 Jul
2025
Report published
8 Jul
2025
Correspondence
8 Jul
2025
Correspondence
17 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
17 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
6 May
2025
Oral evidence
6 May
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
17 Jun 2025
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Alison Lowe OBE · West Yorkshire Combined Authority Clare Moody · Association of Police and Crime Commissioners Councillor Sue Woolley · Local Government Association Gisela Carr · Home Office Jess Phillips MP · Home Office
6 May 2025
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Ellie Butt · Refuge Ghadah Alnasseri · Imkaan Leyla Buran · White Ribbon UK Sarah Fulham · Hestia
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - Tackling violence against women and girls: funding HC 741 11 Jul 2025 18 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
Clear
8 Recommendation Acknowledged
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Establish a cross-government audit to identify necessary data for evaluation and consistent reporting metrics
We recommend that the Home Office establishes, as soon as practicable, a cross-government audit to identify which data it is necessary to collect for evaluation purposes. The findings of this audit should be used to establish more consistent reporting metrics … Read more
Government Response
The government highlights ongoing work by DfE and OfS on prevention and curriculum changes. The Home Office states it will continue to work with DfE and others to expand the evidence base for VAWG prevention, including through analysis of linked administrative data and research, but does not commit to establishing the recommended cross-government audit for data collection.
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10 Recommendation Acknowledged
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Re-assess value for money criteria for VAWG funding, weighting towards qualitative data for impact
We recommend that the Government re-assesses the value for money criteria for VAWG funding awarded to local authorities. They should be weighted towards qualitative data to ensure that the impact on people’s lives is a more significant factor than cost. … Read more
Government Response
The government details existing frameworks and a recent evaluation that highlighted opportunities to improve value for money and strengthen qualitative outcome measures, which MHCLG is considering. However, it does not explicitly commit to re-assessing value for money criteria for VAWG funding or weighting them towards qualitative data as recommended.
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15 Recommendation Acknowledged
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Increase funding for VAWG prevention programmes to meet the halving target
In the long term, funding for prevention is vital if the Government’s target of halving VAWG in a decade has a chance of being met. Currently there is insufficient funding of prevention programmes, in part because of the difficulties in … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledged the importance of prevention for halving VAWG and outlined its strategic approach through the VAWG strategy, evidence-based evaluations, and collaborative work with the Department for Education on preventative measures.
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Government Response AI assessment · 18 of 11 classified
Accepted 2
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 12
Total 11 recs + 7 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
8 Jul 2025 To committee letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls relating to the VAWG evidence session on 17 June 04.07.2025
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8 Jul 2025 To committee Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls relating to the VAWG Strategy 02.07.2025
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