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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what step his Department is taking to help ensure the provision of supported accommodation for disabled people is cost effective.

Ensuring that local supported living specialist accommodation services for disabled people are cost effective is primarily the responsibility of the local commissioners of such services.

Where such specialist accommodation service is provided by a private registered provider (PRP), the Regulator of Social Housing’s economic standards apply, which include Governance and Financial Viability and Value for Money. The Regulator expects PRPs to manage their resources effectively to ensure their viability is maintained, while ensuring that social housing assets are not put at undue risk. The Regulator also expects PRPs to demonstrate a robust approach to achieving value for money.

The Government's Affordable Homes Programme delivers new supply of supported housing, alongside a number of other housing types. Our delivery partners undertake a robust value for money appraisal on all Affordable Housing Programme bids, ensuring that public funding is used efficiently.