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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local authorities are sufficiently resourced to a) meet increases in temporary accommodation costs and b) fund their preventative duties as outlined in the National Plan to end Homelessness.

We are providing £3.6 billion in funding for homelessness, prevention and rough sleeping services from 2026/27 to 2028/29. The largest element of this is the is the Homelessness Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant.

Using a bespoke formula that reflects local costs and demand, we have rolled funding for temporary accommodation into the local authorities’ Revenue Support Grant. This approach better supports local authorities to deliver on the priorities set out in the National Plan to End Homelessness by splitting out temporary accommodation costs and creating dedicated ringfenced funds for prevention.