Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce homelessness among refugees.

The UK Government’s ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ Strategy was revised and published in September 2022. Under this strategy the Home Office is committed to preventing rough sleeping wherever possible and where it cannot be prevented, ensuring it is a rare, brief and non-recurring experience.

We are working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on ensuring individuals can move on from asylum support as smoothly as possible. With DLUHC, we are working to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are also directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended.