Question follow-through · 52537
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for local authorities to help reduce the number of (a) people and (b) families living in temporary accommodation; and if s
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for local authorities to help reduce the number of (a) people and (b) families living in temporary accommodation; and if s
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
The Government has increased funding for homelessness services by £233 million this year, taking total investment to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26. This increased spending will help to prevent rises in the number of people and families in temporary accommo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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