Question follow-through · 3997
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) housing needs of people experiencing homelessness.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
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- Local Government Finance · 15 Jul 2025
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) housing needs of people experiencing homelessness.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The DPM is responsible for cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping and will update in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Local Government Finance
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Flags
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Crime Prevention
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Floods: Fire and Rescue Services
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Local Government Finance: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Pride in Place Programme
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to allocate future Pride in Place grants; and if he will use the lower tier indices of deprivation to provide support to communities.
Homelessness: Expenditure
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Value for Money Review of homelessness spending will include analysis of the cost-effectiveness of Housing First models.