To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many domestic abuse survivors who (a) were employed and not in receipt of benefits, (b) were unemployed and not in receipt of benefits, (c) had no recourse to public funds, (d) were unemployed and in receipt of benefits and (e) were employed and in receipt of benefits have been admitted to domestic violence refuge shelters in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number of domestic abuse survivors who were (a) not in receipt of benefits, (b) employed and (c) both employed and not in receipt of benefits who were admitted to a domestic violence refuge shelter in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on how much money was paid for councils to support domestic violence refuge shelters for domestic abuse victims (a) employed but not in receipt of benefits, (b) unemployed and not in receipt of benefits and (c) with no access to funds in each of the last five years.

As set out previously, since 2020 the Department has provided £393.9 million in funding to local councils for the provision of support in domestic abuse safe accommodation - £16.6 million in 2020/21, £125 million in both 2021/22 and 2022/23 and £127.3 million for 2023/24. The links can be found here.

In addition, we have committed to a further £129.7 million for the delivery of these duties in 2024/25. The link can be found here.

This funding is for support which is available to all domestic abuse victims who are residing in refuges and other types of safe accommodation regardless of their employment status.

The Department does not hold employment and benefits data on individuals in domestic abuse safe accommodation services.