157092 - Homelessness (Answered)

Mrs Anne Main
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Everybody In: How to end homelessness in Great Britain, published by Crisis in 2018, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposals in that report; and if he will make a statement.

Nigel Adams

The Government is aware homelessness goes beyond just Westminster, which is why the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel was set up. The panel, of which Crisis CEO Jon Sparkes is a member, provides evidence-based advice which the Government will consider ahead of the upcoming Rough Sleeping Strategy.

This Government is pleased at the manner in which the report is aligned with our actions. For example, the report calls for the implementation of schemes such as Housing First. In last autumn’s budget, £28 million of funding was announced for pilots in Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands. These pilots will support around 1,000 people, including some of the most long-term rough sleepers.