Homelessness: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the No10 press release, Prime Minister launches national drive to get everyone in for Christmas, 18 August 2026, how much (1) RDEL and (2) CDEL was previously allocated to (i) homelessness and (ii) rough sleeping in each year from 2023-24 ; and what the latest profile is of (1) RDEL and (2) CDEL spending on (i) homelessness and (ii) rough sleeping in each year of the Spending Review period.
Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To support local authorities, we have introduced significant reforms to how we deliver this funding to councils, to provide multi-year certainty and greater flexibility for them to be able to tailor services to meet local needs.
The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Grant (HRSDAG) is worth £2.7bn over 3 years. Further information can be found at the following links:
- Details of previous grants now consolidated in the HRSDAG https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-funding-simplification-consolidated-grants-and-draft-conditions-final
- Allocations of HRSDAG for 2026-27 to 2028-29 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/allocations-tables-for-all-consolidated-grants-from-2026-2027-to-2028-29-final
Allocations of other homelessness and rough sleeping grants, including the new Rough Sleeping Programme, are also published on GOV.UK, as are historic allocations of grants now consolidated in the HRSDAG.
Information about total levels of homelessness and rough sleeping spend by local authorities are published through the annual Revenue Outturn release.
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