Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98565

Hospitals

Tabled: 9 December 2025

Answered: 22 January 2026

Question

Olivia Blake

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the commitment to end the discharge of newborn babies into bed and breakfast accommodation or other unsuitable shared housing applies to all famil

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government has committed to ending the practice of discharging newborn babies into bed and breakfast or other unsuitable shared accommodation through the Child Poverty Strategy. We are working closely across Government, including with Home Office, to ...

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