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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has received representations from local authorities on their capacity to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

The Department’s Homelessness Advice and Support Team made up of experts from local government and the charitable sector, has worked closely with local authorities to help them prepare for and implement the Act and this engagement continues. We have committed to reviewing the implementation of the Act and the new burdens funding within two years of its commencement last month.