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Gender Based Violence

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 45193

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department plans to use to provide the starting point against which it will measure its progress in halving violence against women and girls.

Answered by Jess Phillips

Further details on the suite of metrics used to measure progress on our VAWG mission is being discussed with the Office for National Statistics, and will be published in the VAWG Strategy later this year.

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