COVID-19: Housing rough sleepers

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 17 Dec 2020 Closed: 17 May 2021 Parliament page
Rough sleepers are often highly vulnerable, and typically have far more underlying health conditions than other members of society. Rough sleepers were especially vulnerable during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic , when their homelessness led to difficulties following Public Health England’s advice on self-isolation, social distancing and hygiene. … Read more
7 Recommendations
14 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
31 Aug
2021
Report published
15 Jun
2021
Correspondence
17 Mar
2021
Report published
1 Mar
2021
Correspondence
23 Feb
2021
Correspondence
25 Jan
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
25 Jan 2021
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COVID-19: Housing rough sleepers
Baroness Casey of Blackstock · Rough Sleeping Taskforce Jeremy Pocklington · Ministry of Defence Penny Hobman · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Forty-Ninth Report - COVID-19: housing people sleeping rough HC 934 17 Mar 2021 21 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
1 Conclusion Not Addressed
Forty-Ninth Report - COVID-19: hou…
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (the Department).1 We also took evidence from Baroness Casey, who temporarily led the Department’s pandemic response … Read more
Government Response
The government response acknowledges the committee's report and the evidence-gathering process, serving as an introduction to its subsequent responses.
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18 Conclusion Not Addressed
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At out evidence session the Department was unable to answer several of our queries about...
At out evidence session the Department was unable to answer several of our queries about these cohorts. It told us it believed that people sleeping rough with no recourse to public funds would be eligible to receive vaccinations against COVID-19, … Read more
Government Response
The government disagrees with the committee's observations but does not address the highlighted lack of data or information regarding NRPF cohorts. It instead reiterates its commitment to ending rough sleeping, ongoing work with the Home Office, and existing legal frameworks for local authority support to NRPF individuals.
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Government Response AI assessment · 21 of 7 classified
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 3
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 9
Total 7 recs + 14 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
15 Jun 2021 Correspondence from Jeremy Pocklington CB, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, re Public Accounts Committee 49th Report. COVID-19: housing people sleeping rough – Update on Recommendation 6, dated 2 June 2021
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1 Mar 2021 Correspondence from Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care, re Vaccination against COVID-19 for outreach workers helping rough sleepers, dated 23 February 2021
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23 Feb 2021 Correspondence from Public Accounts Committee Chair Meg Hillier to Sir Chris Wormald KCB Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care, re Vaccination against COVID-19 for outreach workers helping rough sleeper, dated 12 February 2021
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