PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Refuges: Females (25 September 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of women's refuges operating in England in each year since 2010.
Asked by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Asked by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Answer
The Department does not hold centrally the number of women's refuges operating in England in each year since 2010.
MHCLG has recently consulted on a new statutory duty which would require local authorities to robustly assess the need for and commission support for victims and their children in safe accommodation.
The consultation closed on 2 August. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation on support within safe accommodation and will be publishing a full government response in due course.
Answered by:
Luke Hall (Conservative)
30 September 2019
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