Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 99549

Homelessness and Temporary Accommodation: Surrey Heath

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal DemocratSurrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) homelessness and (b) temporary accommodation on (i) families and (ii) children in Surrey Heath constituency

Answer

Alison McGovern
Homelessness is one of the deepest forms of poverty. A stay in temporary accommodation is linked to worse outcomes for children’s education, health and future.Through our Child Poverty Strategy and National Plan to End Homelessness, this government is foc...

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