MHCLG explained that an inter-ministerial group on homelessness now exists, and it chairs the equivalent officials group. It plans to produce a cross-government strategy for tackling homelessness in 2025, which will include a number of metrics and set out the way that progress against these metrics will be measured. We challenged MHCLG on whether the inter- ministerial group will remove the need for the 15 cross-government boards 34 HM Treasury, Government response to the Committee of Public ...

MHCLG explained that an inter-ministerial group on homelessness now exists, and it chairs the equivalent officials group. It plans to produce a cross-government strategy for tackling homelessness in 2025, which will include a number of metrics and set out the way that progress against these metrics will be measured. We challenged MHCLG on whether the inter- ministerial group will remove the need for the 15 cross-government boards 34 HM Treasury, Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourth to the Eleventh reports from Session 2017–19, Cm 9575, March 2018; C&AG’s Report, paras 2.12, 2.13 35 TH0015 36 TH0020 37 TH0021 1 Type: conclusion | Number: 27 | Response status: accepted Government response: 5.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: after Spending Review 2025 5.2 For 2025-26, MHCLG will be consolidating its main rough sleeping and single homelessness focused grants (Rough Sleeping Initiative, which includes