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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance he has issued to providers of domestic violence refuges on the provision of single-sex facilities.

Further to the answer to UIN 117805, the Equality and Human Rights Commission provides guidance on provision of single sex services.

The Government’s position is set out in the Home Office Statutory Guidance to accompany the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1089015/Domestic_Abuse_Act_2021_Statutory_Guidance.pdf