Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What steps her Department is taking to support people sleeping rough in colder months.”
Tabled: 1 April 2025Answered: 7 April 2025
Asked by
Lee Pitcher
Labour — Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Rushanara Ali)
This Government have increased funding for homelessness services by £233 million, to a total of nearly £1 billion for 2025-26. The Government have also provided £60 million of additional emergency winter pressures funding to support people sleeping rough during the colder months.