Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support services that support people with multiple disadvantages and implement trauma-informed approaches.

The Department is committed to improving services for people and families experiencing multiple disadvantage. The Changing Futures programme is a £77 million programme, funded by Government and The National Lottery Community Fund, that tests innovative approaches to service provision to improve outcomes for people experiencing multiple disadvantage. The programme is led by DLUHC and directly supports people in fifteen local areas in England who experience multiple disadvantage, including combinations of three or more of homelessness; substance misuse; mental health issues; domestic abuse and contact with the criminal justice system.