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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protections he plans to put in place for people who need supported housing once the Government’s local grant fund, as proposed in the consultation document, Funding Support Housing, is exhausted in a specific local authority area.

We will be working closely with local government to ensure this does not happen.

We are clear that in the year of introduction in 2020-21 the level of grant will be equivalent to the spend on short-term supported housing had it remained in the welfare system. We will work closely with local authorities over 2018 and 2019 to determine local grant allocations, and will continue to monitor progress over 2020.

Grant funding after 2020-21 will be set on the basis of current projections of future need, and will continue to take into account the costs of provision. We will also continue to work with local authorities.