Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost-effectiveness of supported lodgings compared with residential or semi-independent provision, and whether they will make dedicated funding available to expand supported lodgings capacity across local authorities.

Supported accommodation, including supported lodgings, is a newly regulated sector and, as such, evidence of cost effectiveness is also still developing.

To support local authorities with the supported accommodation reforms, £123 million of funding was distributed between 2023 to 2025 to local authorities to offset the increased costs associated with the impact of supported accommodation regulations. The New Burdens Grant has been rolled into the Local Government Funding Scheme to ensure continued funding for the supported accommodation sector.