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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help rough sleepers into long-term accommodation.

On 3 September 2022 the Government published a bold new strategy to end rough sleeping, backed by £2 billion over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping

The strategy sets out a range of policies and programmes to help people off the streets and to sustain their accommodation, including the £200 million Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme, which will provide up to 2,400 longer-term homes for adults facing multiple disadvantage, as well as young people who are already experiencing rough sleeping or are at risk. The strategy also confirms commitment to the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme, backed by £433 million, to provide 6,000 longer-term, move-on homes with accompanying support services to those who are rough sleeping, or who have a history of sleeping rough, by the end of this Parliament.