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Written question asked by Lord Bird (Crossbench) on Monday, 17 December 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 January 2019. It was answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative) on Friday, 21 December 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Homelessness

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the ending of the Supporting People programme has had on funding for floating support services for people recovering from, or at risk of, homelessness; and whether those services will be included in their planned review of housing-related support.

Answer

Supported housing is an invaluable service for vulnerable people across the country. In August, we announced that we will undertake a review of housing related-support, to help us better understand how housing and support fit together. The review will give us a fuller picture into how housing-related support is provided for supported housing across England.

The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why this summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12345
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance Homelessness Supporting people programme
Link
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