Homelessness statistics of prevention or relief duty due to sexual violence
Request received 3 August 2026
Over the past 12 months:
- How many women were owed a prevention or relief duty due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation outside of the statutory definition of ‘domestic abuse’?
- How many women who approached the local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation outside of the statutory definition of ‘domestic abuse’ were not owed a prevention or relief duty?
- For those in Question 1, whose prevention or relief duty ended with accommodation secured, please list the types of accommodation secured and the numbers in each type.
- How many women were owed a main duty due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation outside of the statutory definition of ‘domestic abuse’?
- For those in Question 4 whose main duty ended with accommodation secured, please list the types of accommodation secured and the number of applicants in each type.
If you do not record 'other violence or harassment' in further detail (i,e. if this is sexually motivated) please state that this is the case and provide me with all the above information using the category of 'other violence and harassment'.
Responded 1 September 2026
Outside of domestic abuse, we haven’t had a sexual abuse, sexual violence or sexual exploitation in the last 12 months.
- Zero
- Zero
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- Zero
- n/a