Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96955

Hospitals: Sleeping Rough

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Danny Beales

LabourUxbridge and South Ruislip

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures her Department is taking to ensure people admitted to hospital while rough sleeping have somewhere secure to sleep upon discharge from hospital.

Answer

Alison McGovern
We have published A National Plan to End Homelessness, our cross-Government Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy. This commits to a target that no one eligible for homelessness assistance is discharged to the street after a hospital stay. To help achi...

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