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Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 11539, tabled on 28 October 2024

Question

Dr Allison Gardner
Labour
Stoke-on-Trent South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle rough sleeping in (a) Stoke-on-Trent South constituency and (b) the rest of England.

Answer

Rushanara Ali
Labour
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Commons

Answered on

4 November 2024

Rough Sleeping levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. We will develop a new cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the country to get us back on track to ending homelessness, and have announced at the Spending Review that funding for homelessness and rough sleeping is increasing by £233 million next year compared to 2024/25.

From April 2022 to March 2025 Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been allocated over £3.5 million as part of £547 million Rough Sleeping Initiative funding to tackle rough sleeping across England.

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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