Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Uma Kumaran and Lee Pitcher

Monday 7th April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Uma Kumaran (Stratford and Bow) (Lab)]

4. What steps her Department is taking to work with local councils to prevent homelessness.

[Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme) (Lab)]

7. What steps her Department is taking to support people sleeping rough in colder months.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Rushanara Ali)]

This Government have increased funding for homelessness services by £233 million, to a total of nearly £1 billion for 2025-26. The Government have also provided £60 million of additional emergency winter pressures funding to support people sleeping rough during the colder months.