Homelessness: Thames Valley
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of homeless shelter services in (a) Slough and (b) Thames Valley.
Answered by Rushanara Ali
The government is clear levels of homelessness and rough sleeping are too high. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25). This increase brings total homelessness grant funding to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26.
The eight local authorities in the Thames Valley area have been allocated a total of £23,007,657, including an allocation of £3,943,746 in Slough, through the Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant in 2025/26. This funding is to enable local authorities to provide the services needed to tackle rough sleeping locally.
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