Question follow-through · 63396
Homelessness: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are transparent with other Councils receiving out-of-area placements.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are transparent with other Councils receiving out-of-area placements.
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The legislation and guidance set out that in the first instance, local authorities should try to place individuals within their own area, and when this is not possible, they should place the household as near as possible to the original local authority. O...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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