Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 110107
Sleeping Rough: Women
Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool 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 McGovernThe 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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