Gavin Robinson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Robinson on 2015-11-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ringfence spending on the Homelessness Prevention Grant until 2020 in the Spending Review.

Greg Hands

From 2013-14 support for preventing homelessness has been included in the annual Local Government Finance Settlement, split between Revenue Support Grant and estimated retained business rates.

Revenue Support Grant and retained business rates are not ring-fenced. It is up to individual authorities to decide how grant funding should be spent in order to deliver local services.

The Chancellor will set out full details of the Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November.