Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure sustainable funding for specialist women’s organisations supporting victims of domestic abuse, violence and health inequalities, and whether she has considered using Dormant Assets for this purpose.
Answered by Lucy Rigby
The government is committed to halving violence against women and girls in a decade. Ensuring victims receive effective and timely support is vital to delivering this.
The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, published in December 2025, is backed by over £1 billion investment into victims’ services over the next 3 years.
Under the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008, dormant assets are a distinct form of capital restricted to four statutory areas in England: youth, financial inclusion, social investment wholesalers and community wealth funds.
The June 2025 Dormant Assets Strategy outlines the allocation of the next £440 million tranche across these four existing statutory areas.
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