Strategy for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Debate

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Department: Home Office

Strategy for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

Jacob Young Excerpts
Wednesday 21st July 2021

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jacob Young Portrait Jacob Young (Redcar) (Con)
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I welcome today’s strategy on tackling violence against women and girls, particularly the focus on and greater education about crimes in higher education and school settings, backed up by an additional £25 million for the safer streets fund. To that end, will the Minister do what she can to support the application to the safer streets fund by Cleveland’s police and crime commissioner Steve Turner that looks to increase education provision on violence against women and girls for schools in Middlesbrough, and in Redcar and Cleveland?

Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins
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I probably ought not to support the application, given that I am a Minister in the Department handing out the bids. What I will do is warmly encourage the efforts of police and crime commissioners who are focusing on violence against women and girls as part of their priorities, having recently been elected. It is critical that the national expectations that we have set in this strategy and continue to set in other pieces of cross-Government work are met at a local level. I look forward to the help of my hon. Friend and other colleagues in ensuring that police and crime commissioners are able to do that.