| Heading: |
Homelessness: Greater London |
| Question ID: |
1809564 |
| UIN: |
HL8092 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4340 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Cashman
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| Asking Member handle: |
mcashmanCBE
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mcashmanCBE
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help London boroughs address the estimated £330 million overspend in their homeless services’ budgets. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4956 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
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| Answering Member handle: |
SharonStevenage
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonStevenage
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| Answer text: |
This Government has inherited record levels of homelessness, and we recognise the cost pressures this has put on councils. That is why we have increased funding for homelessness services in 2025/26 by £233 million to nearly £1 billion, alongside a local g... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |