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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to implement the housing and support approach, Housing First, in (a) York and (b) England.

The Government is committed to Housing First, which is why we committed to £28 million for three sub-regional Housing First pilots. We recognise that rough sleeping is a nationwide challenge, and that is why it is important that we consider the findings of our evaluation, together with our experiences from the three pilots, to ensure that we know how it could work best on a larger scale.

The Spending Review committed over £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next three years, including through the Rough Sleeping Initiative. This funds local authorities across England to provide a range of specialist services to help the most vulnerable people in society off the streets and into secure accommodation, which could include setting up Housing First or housing-led solutions.