Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of people whose ongoing living is in unconventional accommodation such as a vehicle or shed between 2020 and 2025.

Housing and homelessness is devolved. This government inherited a homelessness crisis in England. Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets out a credible plan to get back on track to ending homelessness in England.

Our strategy will address the root causes of homelessness by building more homes, reforming renters’ rights, and tackling poverty. We will support councils and public services to shift from crisis to prevention setting cross government targets, record levels of investment with £3.5bn for homelessness and rough sleeping services over the next 3 years, and new duties on services to work together to prevent homelessness. And we will tackle the worst forms of homelessness by ending the unlawful use of B&Bs for families and halving long term rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament.

Local authorities are responsible for delivering homelessness services in England. The government works closely with local authorities to share and develop good practice in response to changes in patterns of homelessness. This includes the development of new services to assess and support people in unconventional accommodation to resolve their homelessness.