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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the projected cost to the public purse will be of (a) introducing and (b) managing the Homes for Heroes scheme in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26; and from which Department budget will it be funded.

On 24 September, the Prime Minister announced an ambition to house all veterans in housing need.

As a result, the Department will bring forward changes to social housing allocations regulations to exempt all veterans, along with young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse, from local connection and residency tests to improve their access to social rented housing.

We have also written to local authorities to explain these changes in more detail, and to remind them of existing guidance on improving access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces and victims of domestic abuse.