Question follow-through · 4570

Homelessness: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on developing the cross-departmental strategy to end homelessness; and what her planned timeline is for publishing that strategy.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
6 Sept 2024
Target answer date
10 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on developing the cross-departmental strategy to end homelessness; and what her planned timeline is for publishing that strategy.

  2. 10 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Deputy Prime Minister is responsible for cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping and will update in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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