Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what Government funding is available to support local authorities and other agencies in (a) assisting and (b) providing housing for homeless people.

The Government is committed to ending rough sleeping within this Parliament and we are spending more than £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in 2021/22 alone

This includes £375 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to help local authorities to prevent homelessness and provide temporary accommodation, which represents a £112 million increase on the previous year's funding. This includes an exceptional £65 million provided to local authorities to help vulnerable households with rent arrears, reducing the risk of them being evicted and becoming homeless.

The Rough Sleeping Initiative has provided over £390 million to local authorities since 2018, to reduce the levels of rough sleeping across England. In 2021/22 the Government has provided over £202 million, which is a more than 80% increase from the £112 million provided last year and will provide up to 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff across England. The Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme , backed by £435 million, will provide 6,000 move-on homes and accompanying support services to those who are rough sleeping or who have a history of sleeping rough, by 2024.

To build on this progress the Government has committed over £2 billion to tackling homelessness and rough sleeping over the next 3 years, with multi-year funding enabling local partners to better plan services.