Homelessness Reduction Bill

(asked on 18th January 2017) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 January 2017, HCWS 418, if he will publish the evidential basis used to determine the level of funding to local government to meet the new burden costs associated with the Homelessness Reduction Bill.


Answered by
Marcus Jones Portrait
Marcus Jones
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
This question was answered on 23rd January 2017

The Written Ministerial Statement of 17 January 2017, HCWS 418 confirmed that the Government will provide £48 million to local government to meet the new burdens costs associated with the Homelessness Reduction Bill over the course of the Spending Review. This reflects the cost of the Bill in its current form. The Department will continue to work with the Local Government Association and local authorities on the development of the distribution model for the funding to determine the amount to be received by each area. The full new burdens assessment will be published once this is complete and the Bill is in its final form.

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