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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated to the West Midlands Combined Authority as part of his Department's Housing First Pilot.

West Midlands Combined Authority have been allocated £9.6 million for their Housing First sub-regional pilot from the launch of the pilot in May 2018 until financial year 23/24, with the final pilot evaluation due at the end of 2023.

Funding has also been secured in the last year of the Spending Review, up to March 2025, through the Rough Sleeping Initiative. Each local authority involved in the pilot will operate independently of the combined authority and will be funded separately.