Value for Money
Tackling violence against women and girls
This report examines efforts to address gender based violence, to support government’s target to halve violence against women and girls.
Recommendations (7)
Source: NAO Recommendations Tracker · PAC follow-up below
Home Office
Rec 1
Accepted
Work in Progress
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
a establish a shared vision for how the government?s target to halve violence and women and girls will be met, by:
? agreeing a common definition of VAWG across government and policing and identifying the data that will be used to measure this;
Home Office
Rec 2
Partially Accepted
Implemented
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
a establish a shared vision for how the government?s target to halve violence and women and girls will be met, by:
? developing a system-level plan for halving VAWG that is informed by an evidence-based theory of change, places a greater emphasis on prevention, and is clear what all delivery partners must contribute.
Home Office
Rec 3
Accepted
Work in Progress
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
b strengthen accountability for delivering against the government?s target by:
? establishing a cross-government team, based in the Home Office, to lead on the implementation of the new strategy;
Home Office
Rec 4
Partially Accepted
Work in Progress
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
b strengthen accountability for delivering against the government?s target by:
? reviewing existing governance structures and adapting these to align incentives and sharpen accountability for delivering;
Home Office
Rec 5
Accepted
Work in Progress
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
b strengthen accountability for delivering against the government?s target by:
? coordinating available funding for tackling VAWG, including through considering a joint spending review bid for the strategy.
Home Office
Rec 6
Accepted
Work in Progress
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
c embed learning and evaluation through the new strategy by:
? developing and embedding a long-term evaluation plan into the strategy backed by appropriate resources;
Home Office
Rec 7
Accepted
Work in Progress
The Home Office, as the lead department for the Safer Streets mission and tackling violence against women and girls, should:
c embed learning and evaluation through the new strategy by:
? encouraging local innovation, particularly on preventing VAWG, and learning from this to identify opportunities to scale up effective interventions.
Parliamentary Committee Follow-Up
The Public Accounts Committee examined this NAO report and published its own recommendations. The government responds to PAC recommendations via Treasury Minutes.
26th Report - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls
Public Accounts Committee
· 16 May 2025
· 14 recommendations