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Health Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will his Department bring forward a dedicated homelessness health strategy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
6 Jan 2026
Answer
12 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will his Department bring forward a dedicated homelessness health strategy.

  2. 6 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Government’s commitments to improving health outcomes and access to healthcare services for people experiencing homelessness are set out in the cross-Government strategy, A National Plan to End Homelessness, published in December 2025, available at th...

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