Ministers ‘oblivious’ to UK’s scale of violence against women and girls, say MPs

Refuges turn down 65% of requests for support, says parliamentary committee calling for better monitoring

Ministers appear to be oblivious" to the true scale of harm caused by violence against women and girls and must do more to reverse the worrying rise in misogyny", MPs have said.

Parliament's cross-party public accounts committee heard evidence that women's refuges are forced to turn down 65% of requests for support amid soaring cases, while other dedicated services operating in communities are only able to help about half of those who request it.