Oral Answers to Questions

Tom Pursglove Excerpts

Monday 4th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue. It is important that we encourage better ways for people to travel and give people more opportunities, and I am happy to have a chat to discuss his ideas.

[Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)]

T3. Corby Nightlight is a fantastic charitable organisation that does brilliant work to help support homeless people in our community. What steps are the Department taking to support such organisations, which do important work in our communities?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Marcus Jones)]

I pay tribute to everyone involved in charities such as Corby Nightlight. We are providing a package of over £1 billion up to 2020 to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping. Part of the package involves providing funding for services and projects such as the one in Corby, which does so much to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.