Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 16
16
Accepted
We pressed the Department as to why it does not consider these wider savings when...
Recommendation
We pressed the Department as to why it does not consider these wider savings when it allocates funding through the Programme. The Department told us it is working on improving its research base to do so but contended that the great majority of the financial benefit of the Programme would still accrue from land value uplift.44
Government Response Summary
The government will quantify wider savings to areas such as adult social care and temporary accommodation before the next iteration of the Programme, collecting evidence through resident surveys.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
4. PAC conclusion: The Department does not quantify potential savings in some areas, such as temporary accommodation, into the Programme. 4. PAC recommendation: Before the next iteration of the Programme, the Department should quantify the wider savings it could make to areas such as adult social care and temporary accommodation. 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2024 4.2 The government understands that there are wider outcomes and positive impacts that flow from increasing the supply of affordable housing. The evaluation for the 2021 programme will collect evidence through resident surveys to help the department understand many of these, including impacts for adult social care and temporary accommodation. The government’s published scoping study details a proposed methodology for how it intends to undertake the evaluation. It is anticipated that the first round of resident surveys will take place in 2024 and these surveys will repeat until 2029.