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Gender Based Violence

Commons · Question 111673 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made to help support the end to violence against women and girls, including what steps she took during the 6 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in 2025.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 17 Feb 2026

On 18th December 2025, this government published the ‘Freedom from Violence and Abuse; a cross-cutting strategy’, setting out our whole-system approach to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.We have already begun implementing measures, such...