Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with international partners to help tackle violence against women and girls.

This Government is committed to tackling violence against women and girls, supporting its mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.

We have established a new ministerial International Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), alongside leaders, experts and survivors, to drive collective action.

In August, I convened a roundtable with senior civil society leaders and policy experts from across the gender and development sectors to discuss priorities for international action on VAWG and shape UK ambitions ahead of the proposed VAWG Summit and G20 Presidency.

And we have protected our ODA spending on VAWG, continuing to invest in evidence-based approaches that prevent violence, support survivors and strengthen protection.