26th Report - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 644 16 May 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 33 items (18 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified)
Accepted 19
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 11
Not Addressed 2
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty-sixth report from Session 2024-26 · published 18 Sep 2025
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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3 Conclusion Acknowledged
Mandate Home Office to outline coordinated cross-government VAWG spending and long-term funding stability.
Conclusion
Short–term and fragmented funding hinder government departments’ efforts to maximise the impact it is having both at the local and national level. The Home Office spent £149 million from April 2021 to the end of September 2024 tackling VAWG. Meanwhile, … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation and states that a transformational approach will be set out in the upcoming VAWG Strategy to ensure funding stability. It commits to writing to the Committee with an update on cross-government VAWG spending and long-term funding plans after the Spending Review and internal allocation processes are complete.
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