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Social Services: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve collaboration between adult social care and voluntary sector homelessness services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve collaboration between adult social care and voluntary sector homelessness services.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Local authorities and integrated care boards share responsibility for undertaking a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), working through health and wellbeing boards, to assess current and future health and social care needs. This assessment then infor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Accident and Emergency Departments: Crimes of Violence

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