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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the £28m announced in the Autumn Budget for housing first pilot schemes to tackle homelessness will be allocated to Liverpool City Region.

At Autumn budget £28 million of funding was announced to pilot the Housing First approach for the country’s most entrenched rough sleepers. The pilots will cover the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.

The exact allocation to the areas will be subject to on-going work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. DCLG are in regular contact with officials in the Liverpool City Region and will continue to work closely with them going forward.