Diana Johnson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce statutory guidance on the definition of a hostel.

Brandon Lewis

We currently have no plans to introduce statutory guidance on the definition of a hostel.

We have supported local areas to improve the quality of hostels through the Homelessness Change Programme, which provided £42.5 million of capital funding in 2012 – 2015 for new and refurbished bed spaces, as well as other facilities to support a return to independent living.