Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 197216

Health Services: Homelessness

Tabled: 1 September 2023

Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Paula Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all integrated care boards to make reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping populations in their local health strategies.

Answer

Neil O'Brien

The Health and Care Act 2022 promotes local area autonomy to allow local areas to develop their own priorities to meet their local area needs. The Secretary of State would like local areas to assess their own needs and make policies that work best for the...

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