Homelessness Offenders

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Mar. 13 2024

Inquiry: Prisons in Wales
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: Clearly it is one of the biggest problems facing ex-offenders.

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Justice Directorate

Mar. 11 2024

Found: with the criminal justice system have already experienced severe and multiple disadvantage, including homelessness

Parliamentary Research
Estimates Day debate: The spending of the Home Office on asylum and migration - CDP-2024-0054
Mar. 07 2024

Found: spending on hotels, says this is three and a half times the amount spent by central government on homelessness

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Mental Health Directorate

Mar. 06 2024

Found: trauma and adverse childhood experiences, such as experiences of domestic abuse and sexual assault, homelessness

Select Committee

Government Response Mar. 01 2024

Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: The Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA), the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
First Minister’s Question Time - Thu 29 Feb 2024

Mentions:
1: Fraser, Murdo (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to prevent convicted sex offenders - Speech Link
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) All registered sex offenders are subject to sex offender notification requirements, and any change of - Speech Link
3: Nicoll, Audrey (SNP - Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) Can the First Minister provide an update on other measures to manage sex offenders, including licence - Speech Link
4: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) In Scotland, the vast majority of registered sex offenders comply with the notification requirements - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Feb. 28 2024

Found: The Minister for Housing and Homelessness Felicity Buchan has announced the funding boost which targets

Select Committee

Estimate memoranda Feb. 28 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: • £16.3m was provided to increase recruitment to clear the foreign national offenders reducing pressures

Scottish Government Publication (Statistics)
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Budget and Public Spending Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate

Feb. 28 2024

Found: 212021-222022-23average2020-212021-222022-232020-212021-222022-232020-212021-222022-23averageStep 1. homelessness

Feb. 28 2024

Found: G11+Homelessness!D11+'Rapid Rehousing'!F11+'Preventing Homelessness'!