Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to address the temporary accommodation subsidy gap.

This Government is focused on delivering long-term solutions to reduce homelessness and reliance on temporary accommodation, including increasing the supply of affordable and social housing. We are also working to ensure that temporary accommodation represents good value for money and is sustainable for local authorities as demand continues to rise. The Department is working closely with other Government departments, including MHCLG and HM Treasury, as part of wider cross-government work on homelessness, including considering how the system can sustainably fund good-quality temporary accommodation. The Department continues to keep Housing Benefit subsidy arrangements for temporary accommodation under review as part of this work.