Question follow-through · 51472

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how often the inter-ministerial group on homelessness meets.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
19 May 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how often the inter-ministerial group on homelessness meets.

  2. 19 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Inter-Ministerial Group on homelessness meets as often as is required to develop the Government’s long-term homelessness strategy. The most recent meeting took place on Tuesday 13 May 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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