Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they take to support victims of rape in India, and in particular, Dalit women in Uttar Pradesh.

The British High Commission in New Delhi and our network of Deputy High Commissions work closely with Indian non-governmental organisations that promote women's awareness of their rights and work to tackle gender-based violence. In 2016-18, we funded a project in Uttar Pradesh empowering 400 Dalit women human rights defenders to challenge gender-based discrimination and violence against Dalit women. From 2016-2019, with the support of British businesses, we supported the training of over 33,000 garment sector workers across India on their legal rights to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace.