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<p>MHCLG publishes information on yearly local authority expenditure: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a>.</p><p>MHCLG
also publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness, temporary
accommodation and homelessness prevention and relief. These are published at national,
London and local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p>Flexible
Homelessness Support Grant gives local authorities more control and flexibility in
managing homelessness pressures. Unlike the DWP Temporary Accommodation Management
Fee, which was a reactive payment that could only be used for particular types of
Temporary Accommodation, this grant is upfront funding which can be used flexibly
as part of councils’ resourcing for their homelessness strategies.</p><p>The grant
forms part of the Government’s end to end approach to preventing and tackling homelessness.
We are ring-fencing the grant of £615 million for three years to secure its investment
in homelessness services and enable local authorities to focus on homelessness prevention.</p><p>It
sits alongside other funding for homelessness, including the £316 million Homelessness
Prevention funding and our £50 million homelessness prevention package.</p><p> </p>
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