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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has a planned timetable for the rollout of the Housing First programme in (a) general and (b) York.

The Government is committed to Housing First, which is why we provided £28 million for three sub-regional Housing First pilots. The latest manifesto committed to expanding Housing First and we will use evidence from the pilots, and their evaluation to inform next steps.

The Spending Review committed over £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next three years, including through the Rough Sleeping Initiative, which invited areas to bid for funding to meet need in their areas, which can include Housing First and housing-led solutions.