Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 110107

Sleeping Rough: Women

Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what work his Department is doing to help improve data collection on the number of women rough sleeping and to adopt a gender-informed methodology for measuring rough sleeping.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The government recognises that women experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping have different experiences and needs to men.In November 2025 the government published the Rough Sleeping Questionnaire deep dive on women’s homelessness. This can be found o...

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