Sleeping Rough: Employment

(asked on 8th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to support people with experience of rough sleeping to gain (a) training or (b) employment; and whether the Department is assessing the potential merits of direct employment schemes.


Answered by
Paul Scully Portrait
Paul Scully
This question was answered on 23rd September 2022

This Government is clear that work provides the best opportunity to move out of poverty, and we are determined to do all we can to support those recovering from rough sleeping to stabilise their lives so they can sustain employment.

As part of our Ending Rough Sleeping for Good strategy, we will improve the support available to help people with experience of rough sleeping into employment. Designated homelessness leads will work as part of the teams in jobcentres to offer tailored support to enable people who have slept rough to access skills and employment support.

The multi-year Rough Sleeping Initiative will include at least £5.5 million of employment and training schemes across 50 councils, aimed at improving access to work for those who have been rough sleeping and are ready to move onto this next phase of recovery.

The Government is also launching an employer covenant with Crisis which will provide guidance and best practice to help businesses and charities match those who have experienced rough sleeping with a wide pool of vacancies.

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