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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to to the 10 Downing Street and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government joint press release entitled New PM says government can bring back hope to Britain, and launches drive to end rough sleeping at the earliest opportunity, published on 20 July 2026, what is the target date for ending rough sleeping; what is the estimated total cost to the public purse to deliver the policy; and through what mechanisms will rough sleeping be ended.

This Government inherited a homelessness and rough sleeping crisis - between 2010 and 2025, the number of people sleeping rough increased by 171%. On his first day in office, the Prime Minister launched an urgent national drive to end rough sleeping at the earliest opportunity. We are providing £874 million new funding to local areas to ensure that everyone who needs it is offered a route off the streets before Christmas this year which will continue beyond this winter thanks to new funding announced at Budget, while providing longer-term accommodation and support for people with the most complex and long-term experiences of rough sleeping.

These measures build on the Government's wider action to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, including the commitments set out in A National Plan to End Homelessness. This takes total investment in homelessness and rough sleeping services over the next three years to more than £4.4 billion.

Further details on the Government's most recent measures are set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 1 September 2026 (HCWS300).