§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the estimated number of refuge places available for women escaping domestic violence in each year since 1991; [32699]
(2) how many refuges for women escaping domestic violence have been notified to his Department in each year since 1991 (a) in total and (b) in the Greater Manchester area. [32696]
§ Mr. ClappisonA survey carried out by the Women's Aid Federation (England) in 1995 identified 418 refuges in England, offering 6,532 bed spaces. Twenty-two of these refuges were in the Greater Manchester area. No figures are available for earlier years.