Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will confirm funding for perpetrator intervention services for the next financial year.

The scale of violence against women and girls in our country is intolerable and this Government is treating it as the national emergency that it is.

We have committed to several measures in the recently published Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy that aim to disrupt perpetrators in the community and reduce revictimisation. We will:

• Significantly expand access to tailored interventions for domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators, for first-time offenders to higher-risk perpetrators.
• Prioritise rapid expansion of the Drive Project, investing £53 million over four years, ensuring that there is access to a proven response for the most dangerous domestic abuse perpetrators across England and Wales within three years.

This landmark investment into disrupting the behaviour of perpetrators is about shifting the way we combat domestic abuse, putting the responsibility for ending abuse on those who cause it.

We have confirmed continuation of funding of the current Domestic Abuse and Stalking Perpetrator Intervention Fund for a period of six months from April 2026 to provide continuity ahead of anticipated competitions.