Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding is provided to older people and other vulnerable people so that those people can access adequate supported housing.

In his Written Ministerial Statement to the House of Commons on 15^th September 2016 the Secretary of State confirmed that the new funding model will ensure that the supported housing sector will be funded at the same level it would have otherwise been in 2019/20, taking into account the effect of Government policy on social sector rents.

An online consultation on this new model seeking the views of the sector was launched on 21^st November 2016 and will run until 13^th February 2017 and can be accessed from the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-for-supported-housing