VAWG Service Funding Bias
14 items
1 source
Value for money criteria for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) funding skewing decisions towards larger providers.
Cross-Source Insight
VAWG Service Funding Bias has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
14 inquiry recs
This theme has been identified in one data source. As more data is added, cross-references may emerge.
Inquiry Recommendations (14)
ANG-17 — Collection and sharing of data at national and local levels
Recommendation: Immediately, the Home Office should lead work, coordinated by the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, to significantly increase both the collection and use of data on sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces, …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-18 — Increased use of police Designing Out Crime Officers
Recommendation: By November 2026, the Government should explore how to improve the impact that the safety advice provided by police Designing Out Crime Officers could have on the prevention of sexually motivated crimes in public spaces, including by amendments to policies …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-19 — Targeted and consistent public messaging
Recommendation: By March 2026, the Home Office, as the lead department for the response to violence against women and girls, should agree funding for a multi-year series of public information campaigns centred around the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-20 — Empowering and engaging citizens to take action
Recommendation: The public has a pivotal role to play in the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. In recognition of that: a. By April 2026, the Home Office should agree funding for a multi-year series of active …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-21 — National roll-out of Project Vigilant
Recommendation: By April 2026, the Home Office, the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, and the National Police Chiefs' Council should roll out Project Vigilant nationally and consistently across all forces in England and Wales. This …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-22 — Information and early intervention for men and boys
Recommendation: By September 2026, the Home Office, working closely with the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, and the Department of Health and Social Care, should increase and improve the information, support and programmes available to men and boys that …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-23 — Police prioritisation of prevention
Recommendation: Immediately, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners should ensure that the prevention of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces is an essential part of: (i) their violence against women and girls plans; and (ii) the Police and …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-24 — Implementation of Operation Soteria
Recommendation: By March 2026, the Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council, and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, should agree plans for the full, consistent and sustainable implementation of Operation Soteria across …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-25 — Whole-system approach to preventing sexually motivated crimes
Recommendation: By June 2026, building on the wider violence against women and girls strategy, the Government should publish a comprehensive, multi-year and whole-system prevention strategy, which specifically targets the perpetrators of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. This strategy …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-26 — Improved mechanism for converting initiatives from local to national
Recommendation: By March 2026, the College of Policing, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council, the Home Office, HMICFRS, and the National Centre for VAWG, should ensure that there are improved mechanisms in place to identify, test and roll out promising …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-27 — Perpetrator focus and interventions
Recommendation: Immediately, the Home Office, in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Transport, and national and local policing organisations, should prioritise prevention activity targeting the perpetrators of sexually motivated crimes against women in public spaces. This should include: …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-28 — Improvement of the investigation of sexually motivated crimes
Recommendation: By March 2026, the College of Policing and the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, working with the National Police Chiefs' Council and the Crown Prosecution Service, should create a consistent and clear standard for …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
ANG-29 — Government prioritisation of prevention
Recommendation: Immediately, the Government should take action to make it clearer that preventing sexually motivated offences against women in public is an essential part of tackling violence against women and girls. This should include: a. ensuring this Report and the prevention …
Gov response: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Jess Phillips made a written statement to Parliament (HCWS1122) on 2 December 2025 accepting all 13 Part 2 recommendations. The government announced £13.1 million in funding to deliver a coordinated approach …
Accepted
IBI-10a(ii) — Charity Funding for Patient Advocacy
Recommendation: That the following charities receive funding specifically for patient advocacy: the UK Haemophilia Society; the Hepatitis C Trust; Haemophilia Scotland; the Scottish Infected Blood Forum; Haemophilia Wales; Haemophilia Northern Ireland; and the UK Thalassaemia Society.
Gov response: UK Government In relation to 10a) ii., funding totalling £500k will be provided to the charities named by the Inquiry; the Haemophilia Society, The Hepatitis C Trust and the UK Thalassaemia Society, to support their …
Accepted
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