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 page 43 of the Government's loneliness strategy, what progress his Department has made on funding research into the impact of community-led housing and cohousing on loneliness.

The Department has recently tendered for a research contract to explore the effectiveness with which community-led housing (and cohousing in particular) addresses loneliness. Specifically, the impact of housing interventions on loneliness; understand the impact of community-led housing and co-housing on reducing loneliness across all ages; and to explore best practice in housing schemes that promote social cohesion.