Recommendation 27

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 16 whose work is relevant to homelessness. It explained that the boards will still have a role in considering the main issues within their remit, such as asylum accommodation or mental health. But the inter-ministerial group is the place where all the work across government that is specifically focused on homelessness will come together.38