Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 3
3
We recommend that the Government creates a cross-Government task force to resolve the conflict between...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government creates a cross-Government task force to resolve the conflict between the commitment to end rough sleeping and the current policy on the no recourse to public funds condition. This will require collecting data on the number of people affected and their specific circumstances.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government is committed to ending rough sleeping. The Department will be working with partners across Government, including the Home Office, to build on recent progress and consider what more needs to be done to end rough sleeping, which will consider the role of immigration policy and practise. This will build on existing work including the Rough Sleeping Support Service, which was established by the Home Office to support non-UK national rough sleepers by helping resolve their immigration status. In the interim, the Department continues to work with the Home Office on non-UK national rough sleepers.