PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sleeping Rough: High Peak (29 July 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provided to rough sleepers in High Peak constituency in winter 2023-24; and what steps her Department plans to take to support such rough sleepers in winter 2024-25.

Asked by:
Jon Pearce (Labour)

High Peak Borough Council have received Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022-25 (RSI) funding to support rough sleepers, including during the winter months. High Peak Borough Council is part of a joint RSI bid led by Chesterfield Borough Council. The local authorities within the bid received £769,222 in 2023/24, and were allocated £624,328 for 2024/25.

Levels of homelessness and rough sleeping are far too high. The Government will look at these issues carefully and will develop a new cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the country to get us on back on track to ending homelessness once and for all.

Answered by:
Rushanara Ali (Labour)
5 September 2024