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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the £28 million announced in the Autumn Budget for housing first pilot schemes will be allocated to (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry.

At Autumn Budget £28 million of funding was announced to pilot the Housing First approach for the country’s most entrenched rough sleepers. The pilots will cover the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.

The exact allocation of the areas will be subject to ongoing work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. My Department is in regular contact with officials in the West Midlands and will continue to work closely with them going forward.