Sleeping Rough: Surrey Heath
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of people rough sleeping in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
The government has increased funding for homelessness services by £233 million in 2025/26 to a total of £1 billion to prevent rises in the number of households in temporary accommodation and to help prevent rough sleeping. This includes £185.6 million through the Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant. The allocations for this grant can be found on gov.uk here.
The government’s forthcoming homelessness strategy will set out the steps to be taken by government, in partnerships with Mayors, local authorities, and the homelessness sector, to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.
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