Homelessness: Leicestershire

(asked on 26th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of homelessness in (a) Leicestershire and (b) Bosworth.


Answered by
Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 3rd February 2022

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities publishes quarterly statistics on statutory homelessness. The most recent statistics, for the period June to September 2021, are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness. This includes data for local authorities in Leicestershire and in Bosworth, although the most recent data for Hinckley and Bosworth is not available due to insufficient data being submitted.

The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and fully enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act, and we are spending £2 billion over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes the £316 million Homelessness Prevention Grant for the 2022-23 Financial Year, paid to local authorities to help prevent homelessness and provide temporary accommodation.

Leicestershire local authorities have a total grant of £2,136,251 from the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2022-23.

Hinckley and Bosworth will receive £231, 567 from the Homelessness Prevention Grant in 2022-23.

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