Gender Based Violence: Sentencing
2026-06-18 · Ministry of Justice · 11502 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the sentencing guidelines in respect of crimes such as online grooming and other crimes of a highly serious and extreme nature against women and g
Answer
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a national emergency. For too long, we have treated it as a fact of life. This Government will not accept that, which is why we have committed to halving VAWG in a decade. We will deploy the full power of the sta...