Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure an adequate level of funding for the statutory duties in the Domestic Abuse Bill to enable Tower Hamlets council to provide support and protection to people experiencing domestic abuse and their children.

Following the outcome of the Spending Review announced on 25 November, £125 million new burdens funding will be allocated for the new duty to provide support for victims of domestic abuse and their children within safe accommodation.

My Department will publish further details on when funding will be released to local authorities in due course.