Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus

(asked on 22nd June 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the letter sent from the Minister for Homelessness to local authorities on 28 May 2020 on the moving on phase of accommodating rough sleepers who have been offered emergency accommodation as part of the covid-19 response; and if he will publish the Government’s advice to councils on their duties to provide emergency accommodation to rough sleepers and those becoming homeless during that outbreak.


Answered by
Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 30th June 2020

The letter sent from the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing to local authorities on 28 May 2020 can be accessed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-letter-sent-on-28-may-2020-to-councils-about-accommodating-rough-sleepers

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government will continue to work collaboratively across government, and with councils, health providers and charities, to ensure rough sleepers can move into safe accommodation once the immediate crisis is over.

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