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Written question asked by Lucy Allan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 January 2018. It was answered by Dominic Raab (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 January 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Homelessness: Wandsworth

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of children in the London Borough of Wandsworth who will be homeless on 25 December 2017.

Answer

Local authorities have duties to ensure that a child is never without a roof over their head.

This Government is taking a number of actions to prevent a homelessness crisis from happening in the first place. This includes:

  • implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean children and their families will get the help they need sooner;

  • establishing the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce, to drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy; and

  • allocating over £1 billion to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping through to 2020.

My Department publishes regular statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping which are published at national, London and local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120731
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children Homelessness Wandsworth
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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