Forty-Ninth Report - COVID-19: housing people sleeping rough

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 934 17 March 2021
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 21 items (7 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 21 of 21 classified)
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 3
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 9
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty-ninth report from Session 2019-21 · published 31 Aug 2021
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Recommendations & Conclusions

2 results
1 Conclusion Not Addressed
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
At out evidence session the Department was unable to answer several of our queries about...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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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