Women's Refuges (Hansard, 1 July 2002)

§ Mr. McNulty

I have been asked to reply.

The Government's main capital and revenue funding for refuge and support provision is provided from the following sources: The Housing Corporation's Approved Development Plan (ADP) provides capital allocations to RSLs for the provision of social housing, including women's refuges. Revenue funding for housing management and support is provided via the Corporation's Supported Housing Management Grant (SHMG). Transitional Housing Benefit: provides rent and housing support costs, for those women who are eligible. (Note that from I April 2003, the elements of THB that provide support, and SHMG, will become part of Supporting People Grant.) Over the past five years, women's refuges will also have been eligible for funding from Government regeneration programmes, such as the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB). Local Government funding is provided by many local authorities. who provide a range of services, including housing and support. advice, advocacy and children's services.

Records are not held centrally of all women's refuges in England which have received funding or been built over the last five years as funding comes from a wide range of sources, and it is impossible to quantify the total amount and the total number of units completed. However, the table shows the number of schemes funded through the Housing Corporation's ADP and Safer Communities Supported Housing Fund over the last five years. The table also shows the number of completed units through the same funding streams.

Housing Corporation ADP and Safer Communities Supported Housing Fund
	Number of:
	Schemes approved	Units completed
1998–99	13	177
1999–2000	17	234
2000–01	30	45
2001–02	41	226
2002–03	30	n/a

Note:

Figures for Scotland and Wales are a matter for the devolved Administrations.