Written question WQ90211
- Asked by
- Rhys ab OwenIndependent
- To be answered by
- Minister for Climate Change
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 6 days
Question
How does the Minister plan to respond to the warning by Cymorth Cymru and Community Housing Cymru that more than 70% of services which help prevent homelessness could be lost without increased spending from the Welsh Government?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Climate Change
We have been clear that we face an incredibly difficult task in setting a budget for next year, as is outlined in the 2024-25 Draft budget published on 19 December.
Within the draft budget, we have protected funding for homelessness prevention, providing additional revenue funding of £2m in the Homelessness Support and Prevention budget, which now stands at over £214m. In recognition of the importance of housing support services, we have protected the Housing Support Grant within this budget, maintaining it at £166.8m in 2024-25, despite the extraordinarily difficult budgetary position.