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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many rape complainants have been rehoused in (a) the constituency of Camberwell and Peckham, (b) the London Borough of Southwark, and (c) Greater London in each of the last seven years.

We are committed to ensuring that victims get the support they need to cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the terrible and often life-changing effects of crime.

We do not centrally hold the data for the number of rape complainants that have been rehoused in the constituencies of Camberwell and Peckham, the London Borough of Southwark, and within Greater London.

Local areas are best placed to understand local needs and the Government has devolved power and responsibility to local authorities, in this case the Mayor of London, and Police and Crime Commissioners for meeting those needs accordingly. We have set out a clear blueprint for locally-driven action, including to tackle sexual violence, through our National Statement of Expectations on Violence Against Women and Girls, which is supported by a Commissioning Toolkit which provides detailed, practical advice to local commissioners. This was developed with voluntary, community sector and statutory stakeholders, and sets out for the first time what local areas need to do to ensure an effective response to meeting the needs of all victims of violence against women and girls.