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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on (a) homelessness charities and (b) homelessness service provision contracted from councils.

Due to the difficult economic inheritance from the previous government, we had to take a number of difficult decisions on tax, welfare and spending to fix the public finances, fund public services, and restore economic stability. The Government has considered the implications of this policy change, and the impacts were published in the usual way as part of the Autumn Budget process. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year, making a total spend of almost £1 billion in 2025/26.