Homelessness: Coronavirus

(asked on 13th December 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how his Department plans to help protect homeless people from contracting the omicron covid-19 variant; and whether his Department plans to make extra resources available to (a) local authorities and (b) other organisations for the provision of safe accommodation.


Answered by
Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 16th December 2021

We are monitoring the situation extremely closely and continue to prioritise the health of people sleeping rough and the homelessness workforce.

Currently, we are working to ensure people experiencing rough sleeping are encouraged to access vaccination and regular testing.

We are supporting local authorities through the £202 million Rough Sleeping Initiative this year, in addition to a £10 million Winter Pressures Fund for local authorities with the highest numbers of rough sleepers. We are in close contact with a range of stakeholders to monitor the situation.

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