Written questions

Homelessness: Drugs

Commons · Question 91712 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help tackle deaths among homeless people caused primarily by drug use.

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 25 Nov 2025

People dying whilst homeless is devasting and we must do all we can to prevent avoidable deaths.The government’s £61.7 million Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment programme funds drug and alcohol treatment services to improve substance misuse and re...