Question follow-through · 22459
Homelessness: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protocols are currently in place with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Home Office to identify individuals at immediate risk of homelessness prior to their discharge
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protocols are currently in place with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Home Office to identify individuals at immediate risk of homelessness prior to their discharge
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets out a long-term ambition that no one should leave a public institution into homelessness. Alongside the Ministry of Justice we have to committed to a 50% reduction in the proportion of people who become homeless ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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