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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the additional £340 million announced on 20 July 2026 to address long-term rough sleeping will be allocated to (a) Walsall Council and (b) the West Midlands; and how many of the proposed 1,200 homes and 3,000 supported places will be provided in each area.

The £340 million announced on 20 July formed part of the £442 million subsequently announced for the Rough Sleeping Programme on 19 August. This investment will help ensure that people sleeping rough have a route off the streets this winter, while delivering longer-term settled homes and intensive support for people who have experienced long-term rough sleeping.

West Midlands Combined Authority has been allocated £5,527,534 for 2026-27. This includes funding calculated in respect of its constituent local authority areas, including Walsall. It will be for the Combined Authority to determine how the funding is managed across the West Midlands in partnership with its constituent local authorities. Allocations for later years remain provisional.

Local areas will have flexibility to shape accommodation and support around local circumstances and the needs of people sleeping rough.

Details of funding allocations are available in the published Rough Sleeping Programme allocation tables, which may be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-programme.