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Mothers: Homicide

Commons · Question 93705 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help reduce instances of matricide.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 3 Dec 2025

The scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG) is intolerable, and this Government has set out a mission to halve these crimes over the next decade.The Home Office is working to develop the evidence base on domestic abuse related deaths by funding t...