Crimes of Violence: Females

(asked on 28th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide funding equivalent to that currently provided by the EU for violence against women and girls organisations and specialist women’s services, and research relating to those issues after the UK leaves the EU.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 5th December 2017

Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims is a key priority for this Government. To support the Government’s commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), we have pledged increased funding of £100 million between now and 2020.

As part of reviewing delivery against our cross-Government VAWG strategy, we are mapping provision of funding for services to identify areas for further action.

We value the EU’s contribution to funding VAWG services. Our future cooperation with the EU will be subject to negotiation but we are fully committed to continue working with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for VAWG services.

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