Question follow-through · 69577
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with local authorities on the potential merits of enabling people to voluntarily pay for rooms for homeless people in shelters.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with local authorities on the potential merits of enabling people to voluntarily pay for rooms for homeless people in shelters.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The government has invested £3.57 million in 2025/26 through the Night Shelter Transformation Fund to enhance emergency accommodation provision in the homelessness sector. This funding forms part of the government’s £1 billion funding for homelessness and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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