Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many women's refuges operated in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

The Government does not hold data on the number of domestic violence refuges centrally. We expect local areas to assess the need for domestic abuse services and to make decisions on the provision of specialist safe accommodation, including refuges to meet our goal that no one is turned away from the support they need.