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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 17, whether the core spending power figures for the 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement include funding for homelessness and rough sleeping.

To support local authorities, we have introduced significant reforms to how we deliver this funding to councils, to provide multi-year certainty and greater flexibility for them to be able to tailor services to meet local needs.

The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Grant (HRSDAG) is worth £2.7bn over 3 years. Further information can be found at the following links:

• Details of previous grants now consolidated in the HRSDAG https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-funding-simplification-consolidated-grants-and-draft-conditions-final
• Allocations of HRSDAG for 2026-27 to 2028-29 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/allocations-tables-for-all-consolidated-grants-from-2026-2027-to-2028-29-final

Allocations of other homelessness and rough sleeping grants, including the new Rough Sleeping Programme, are also published on GOV.UK, as are historic allocations of grants now consolidated in the HRSDAG.

Information about total levels of homelessness and rough sleeping spend by local authorities are published through the annual Revenue Outturn release.