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1719831

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to work across Departments on supporting people with multiple complex needs who are homeless; and what steps he is taking to support such people out of homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	27513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 24/05/2024 12:08:37 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1718764

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) improve the quality of and (b) increase the number of outreach programmes for people facing street homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 24/05/2024 12:10:02 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1713849

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which homelessness stakeholders he has met since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	23793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities lead on homelessness and rough sleeping and as such have regular meetings with stakeholders.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners and other organisations including the homelessness sector on this topic. This has highlighted that more direct tools were needed to respond to begging and rough sleeping where it causes nuisance to others.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/05/2024 16:11:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1713703

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with homelessness stakeholders on measures within the Criminal Justice Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	23665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities lead on homelessness and rough sleeping and as such have regular meetings with stakeholders. They reviewed the Vagrancy Act and determined replacement legislation was needed. They published the response to their public consultation on replacement in 2023.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners and other organisations including the homelessness sector. This has highlighted that more direct tools were needed to respond to begging and rough sleeping where it causes nuisance to others.</p><p>These provisions will be supported by guidance highlighting that local authority outreach and engagement remain at the heart of our approach and that these civil tools support a staggered approach to enforcement where that is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/05/2024 15:57:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1693798

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent homelessness upon discharge from a public institution.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	17102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In September 2022, we published our cross-government strategy ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ setting out how we are investing almost £2.4 billion over three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This sets out a ‘prevention first approach’, including bringing forward investment so that nobody leaves a public institution for the streets, whether that is a hospital, prison, care or the asylum system.</p><p>Homelessness and hospital discharge guidance was jointly published by DHSC and DLUHC on 26 January 2024 for staff in care transfer hubs and others involved in planning discharge of patients (including NHS, local authority, housing and other partners). The guidance is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdischarging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cb872e889d25845b6786f08dc41afa02e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638457469753431881%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EmLjBHnV1C%2FdT%2BQuAAw%2FxQfPTe1211aD1cOgVCClagU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 11/03/2024 15:37:01 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1691880

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total cost of eradicating homelessness in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made the unprecedented commitment to end rough sleeping and to fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act. In September 2022, we published our cross-government strategy ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’, and we are investing almost £2.4 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping between 2022 and 2025.</p><p>We are also taking action to prevent people from becoming homeless or rough sleeping in the first place. We are investing over £1.2 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years, including a £109 million top-up for 2024/25, giving councils the funding they need to prevent homelessness and help more people sooner.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 11/03/2024 17:23:43 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1687990

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) public authority and (b) hospital staff are aware of their duty to refer people who are at risk of homelessness to the necessary public services.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>Statutory Homelessness Guidance sets out the public authorities which are subject to the duty to refer, including hospitals, and the procedure for referrals.</p><p>We continue to support local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 through investing more than £1 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant, promoting the duty to refer and increasing public awareness of the prevention duty, providing extra support on personalised housing plans and streamlining data.</p><p>DLUHC jointly published guidance with DHSC in January 2024: ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness</a>’. This guidance is for staff in care transfer hubs and those involved in planning discharge of patients (including NHS, local authority, housing and other partners) to support with discharging patients at risk of or experiencing homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/02/2024 16:14:12 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1686078

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) prevent and (b) reduce rates of homelessness among people with (i) long-term drug addictions, (ii) long-term serious mental health issues and (iii) learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	12180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>My department continues to work closely with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), the NHS and public health bodies to improve health and housing outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. In partnership with OHID, we are providing up to £186.5 million over three years (from 2022-25) for the Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant to support local areas to implement evidence-based drug and alcohol treatment and wrap around support for people sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough. We are also providing up to £53 million to fund housing support interventions which will improve the recovery outcomes for people in drug and alcohol treatment with a housing need.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 05/02/2024 16:43:51 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1681108

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Office for National Statistics not collecting mortality data for homeless people on the effectiveness of data the Government holds on homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 10th January is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/01/2024 14:01:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name PQ9059 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1679262

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the rise in homelessness.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2024 answer text <p>We are providing over £1 billion to local authorities through the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years, including a £109 million top-up this year. This funding can be used to offer financial support for people to find a new home or to work with landlords to prevent evictions, or to provide temporary accommodation where needed. In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced additional UK-wide funding of £120 million to help councils address Ukraine and homelessness pressures in 2024/25.</p><p>The Government is also increasing the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of market rents from April. This will mean 1.6 million low-income households will be around £800 a year better off on average in 2024-25 and will make it more affordable for families on benefits to rent properties in the private rented sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 02/01/2024 09:38:14 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick