Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls)

Organisations: Home Office

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities are:

• safeguarding  
• rape and serious sexual offences 
• violent crime and domestic abuse  
• child sexual abuse and exploitation 
• violence against women and girls (VAWG)  
• victims  
• wider modern slavery policy including NRM, support and stakeholder engagement 
• spiking  
• oversight of ALBs: Disclosure and Barring Service, Security Industry Authority, Director of Labour Market Enforcement (joint with DBT)

Previous holders of this role

1. Jess Phillips MP

   2024 to 2026

Announcements

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•  New measures to better protect women and girls from FGM
  • 30 April 2026
  • Press release
• Cracking down on sex-based harassment in public
  • 01 April 2026
  • News story
• Nationwide plans announced to design safer streets as 9 in 10 women report feeling unsafe walking at night
  • 25 March 2026
  • Press release
• Sports stars say ‘Enough’ to violence against women and girls
  • 23 March 2026
  • News story
• Undercover cops boosted across 9 more forces
  • 13 March 2026
  • News story
• Honouring killed women in Parliament on International Women's Day
  • 13 March 2026
  • News story
• New register for people convicted of child cruelty offences
  • 02 March 2026
  • News story
• New laws to protect victims of ‘honour’- based abuse
  • 25 February 2026
  • News story
• Government leads global fight against deepfake threats
  • 05 February 2026
  • News story
• New rules on police requesting counselling notes come into force
  • 12 January 2026
  • News story

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