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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the £28 million funding for Housing First pilot schemes will be allocated to projects in the St Helens local authority area.

At Autumn Budget 2017 the Chancellor announced £28 million of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for some of 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 ongoing work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. My Department is in regular contact with officials in the Liverpool City Region and will continue to work closely with them going forward.