The Government Says

Local Supported Housing Strategies (Alison McGovern, Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission)

Today I am pleased to publish statutory guidance under Section 2 of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, which sets out the framework for local housing authorities in England to formulate and publish local supported housing strategies.

The local supported housing strategies are a crucial step forward in increasing the Government’s and local councils’ understanding of the supply and need for this vital accommodation for people with care and support needs. The Act places a duty on all local housing authorities in England to assess the current provision of supported housing, and to estimate current unmet and future need. Delivery of the strategies will ensure that councils can plan new supply of supported housing effectively, and will enable better commissioning, oversight and safeguarding for vulnerable residents.

The guidance includes:

A Framework for Local Supported Housing Strategies: including the statutory requirements under the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, covering strategic priorities, partnership arrangements, needs assessment, and delivery plans, with the first strategy due by 31 March 2027 and updates every five years.

Process and Components: Providing detailed steps for developing strategies, including designating strategic leads, engaging partners, conducting a needs assessment, and creating a delivery plan covering funding, development pipeline, referrals, void management, and move-on pathways.

Governance, Reporting, and Monitoring: Requirements for formal governance structures, annual reporting to MHCLG and ongoing review of progress, ensuring alignment with wider housing, health, and social care strategies and compliance with data-sharing and quality standards.

To support implementation the Government is allocating a total of £39m in new burdens funding to local authorities. This will ensure that councils can develop robust local supported housing strategies and prepare for the introduction of full licensing and oversight functions.

This is an important first step in implementing measures that will enable local areas to properly understand who is delivering supported housing in the area, and will help ensure that in the future there is the right kind of supported housing to meet the needs of those who require it.

FUNDING ALLOCATIONS

LOCAL AUTHORITY

25/26

26/27

28/29

29/30

Total

Adur

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Amber Valley

£54,898

£-

£28,894

£112,686

Arun

£65,985

£-

£34,729

£135,443

Ashfield

£54,778

£-

£28,830

£112,438

Ashford

£44,485

£-

£23,413

£91,311

Babergh

£43,941

£-

£23,127

£90,195

Barking and Dagenham

£66,708

£-

£35,109

£136,926

Barnet

£59,098

£-

£31,104

£121,306

Barnsley

£58,433

£-

£30,754

£119,941

Basildon

£51,007

£-

£26,846

£104,699

Basingstoke and Deane

£52,859

£-

£27,820

£108,499

Bassetlaw

£51,516

£-

£27,113

£105,742

Bath and North East Somerset

£57,667

£-

£30,351

£118,369

Bedford

£98,528

£-

£51,857

£202,242

Bexley

£45,867

£-

£24,140

£94,147

Birmingham

£194,872

£-

£102,564

£400,000

Blaby

£45,473

£-

£23,933

£93,339

Blackburn with Darwen

£60,991

£-

£32,100

£125,191

Blackpool

£63,545

£-

£33,445

£130,435

Bolsover

£44,115

£-

£23,218

£90,551

Bolton

£125,508

£-

£66,057

£257,622

Boston

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

£74,432

£-

£39,175

£152,782

Bracknell Forest

£59,545

£-

£31,339

£122,223

Bradford

£126,571

£-

£66,616

£259,803

Braintree

£47,589

£-

£25,047

£97,683

Breckland

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Brent

£87,531

£-

£46,069

£179,669

Brentwood

£46,807

£-

£24,635

£96,077

Brighton and Hove

£110,323

£-

£58,065

£226,453

Bristol, City of

£164,376

£-

£86,514

£337,404

Broadland

£45,139

£-

£23,757

£92,653

Bromley

£56,759

£-

£29,873

£116,505

Bromsgrove

£66,395

£-

£34,944

£136,283

Broxbourne

£44,716

£-

£23,535

£91,786

Broxtowe

£45,891

£-

£24,153

£94,197

Buckinghamshire

£69,736

£-

£36,703

£143,142

Burnley

£54,551

£-

£28,711

£111,973

Bury

£51,028

£-

£26,857

£104,742

Calderdale

£59,142

£-

£31,127

£121,396

Cambridge

£73,183

£-

£38,517

£150,217

Camden

£113,525

£-

£59,750

£233,025

Cannock Chase

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Canterbury

£49,449

£-

£26,026

£101,501

Castle Point

£46,167

£-

£24,298

£94,763

Central Bedfordshire

£57,018

£-

£30,009

£117,036

Charnwood

£57,955

£-

£30,503

£118,961

Chelmsford

£55,595

£-

£29,261

£114,117

Cheltenham

£68,831

£-

£36,227

£141,285

Cherwell

£48,060

£-

£25,295

£98,650

Cheshire East

£75,918

£-

£39,957

£155,832

Cheshire West and Chester

£89,940

£-

£47,337

£184,614

Chesterfield

£53,316

£-

£28,061

£109,438

Chichester

£49,405

£-

£26,003

£101,411

Chorley

£57,290

£-

£30,153

£117,596

City of London

£57,889

£-

£30,468

£118,825

Colchester

£61,888

£-

£32,573

£127,034

Cornwall

£104,016

£-

£54,745

£213,506

Cotswold

£44,568

£-

£23,457

£91,482

County Durham

£113,830

£-

£59,910

£233,650

Coventry

£149,302

£-

£78,580

£306,462

Crawley

£55,010

£-

£28,953

£112,916

Croydon

£117,131

£-

£61,648

£240,427

Cumberland

£62,821

£-

£33,064

£128,949

Dacorum

£51,097

£-

£26,893

£104,883

Darlington

£65,716

£-

£34,587

£134,890

Dartford

£46,732

£-

£24,596

£95,924

Derby

£76,499

£-

£40,263

£157,025

Derbyshire Dales

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Doncaster

£92,434

£-

£48,650

£189,734

Dorset

£55,409

£-

£29,163

£113,735

Dover

£49,794

£-

£26,207

£102,208

Dudley

£64,602

£-

£34,001

£132,604

Ealing

£96,522

£-

£50,801

£198,124

East Cambridgeshire

£44,040

£-

£23,179

£90,398

East Devon

£46,583

£-

£24,517

£95,617

East Hampshire

£43,985

£-

£23,150

£90,285

East Hertfordshire

£47,330

£-

£24,911

£97,152

East Lindsey

£49,507

£-

£26,056

£101,619

East Riding of Yorkshire

£53,286

£-

£28,045

£109,376

East Staffordshire

£52,713

£-

£27,744

£108,201

East Suffolk

£62,022

£-

£32,643

£127,308

Eastbourne

£54,577

£-

£28,725

£112,027

Eastleigh

£47,255

£-

£24,871

£96,997

Elmbridge

£49,862

£-

£26,243

£102,348

Enfield

£74,018

£-

£38,957

£151,932

Epping Forest

£67,017

£-

£35,272

£137,561

Epsom and Ewell

£48,326

£-

£25,435

£99,196

Erewash

£52,355

£-

£27,555

£107,465

Exeter

£65,542

£-

£34,496

£134,534

Fareham

£45,983

£-

£24,201

£94,385

Fenland

£51,105

£-

£26,897

£104,899

Folkestone and Hythe

£53,090

£-

£27,942

£108,974

Forest of Dean

£47,777

£-

£25,146

£98,069

Fylde

£48,857

£-

£25,714

£100,285

Gateshead

£59,329

£-

£31,226

£121,781

Gedling

£47,273

£-

£24,881

£97,035

Gloucester

£60,061

£-

£31,611

£123,283

Gosport

£45,745

£-

£24,077

£93,899

Gravesham

£49,815

£-

£26,218

£102,251

Great Yarmouth

£47,299

£-

£24,894

£97,087

Greenwich

£85,561

£-

£45,032

£175,625

Guildford

£64,010

£-

£33,690

£131,390

Hackney

£81,042

£-

£42,653

£166,348

Halton

£67,678

£-

£35,620

£138,918

Hammersmith and Fulham

£68,410

£-

£36,005

£140,420

Harborough

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Haringey

£73,072

£-

£38,459

£149,990

Harlow

£51,373

£-

£27,038

£105,449

Harrow

£51,571

£-

£27,143

£105,857

Hart

£46,617

£-

£24,535

£95,687

Hartlepool

£59,169

£-

£31,142

£121,453

Hastings

£46,609

£-

£24,531

£95,671

Havant

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Havering

£57,179

£-

£30,094

£117,367

Herefordshire, County of

£47,010

£-

£24,742

£96,494

Hertsmere

£49,680

£-

£26,147

£101,974

High Peak

£44,978

£-

£23,673

£92,324

Hillingdon

£72,094

£-

£37,944

£147,982

Hinckley and Bosworth

£44,914

£-

£23,639

£92,192

Horsham

£48,977

£-

£25,777

£100,531

Hounslow

£63,939

£-

£33,652

£131,243

Huntingdonshire

£67,547

£-

£35,551

£138,649

Hyndburn

£56,946

£-

£29,972

£116,890

Ipswich

£68,611

£-

£36,111

£140,833

Isle of Wight

£54,011

£-

£28,427

£110,865

Islington

£85,820

£-

£45,168

£176,156

Kensington and Chelsea

£96,021

£-

£50,538

£197,097

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

£48,726

£-

£25,645

£100,016

Kingston upon Hull, City of

£137,138

£-

£72,178

£281,494

Kingston upon Thames

£56,086

£-

£29,519

£115,124

Kirklees

£62,807

£-

£33,056

£128,919

Knowsley

£77,110

£-

£40,584

£158,278

Lambeth

£111,407

£-

£58,635

£228,677

Lancaster

£67,566

£-

£35,561

£138,688

Leeds

£166,479

£-

£87,621

£341,721

Leicester

£86,111

£-

£45,322

£176,755

Lewes

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Lewisham

£118,689

£-

£62,468

£243,625

Lichfield

£44,957

£-

£23,662

£92,281

Lincoln

£58,510

£-

£30,795

£120,100

Liverpool

£194,872

£-

£102,564

£400,000

Luton

£82,649

£-

£43,499

£169,647

Maidstone

£52,249

£-

£27,499

£107,247

Maldon

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Malvern Hills

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Manchester

£194,872

£-

£102,564

£400,000

Mansfield

£55,210

£-

£29,058

£113,326

Medway

£71,254

£-

£37,502

£146,258

Melton

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Merton

£52,449

£-

£27,605

£107,659

Mid Devon

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Mid Suffolk

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Mid Sussex

£49,498

£-

£26,052

£101,602

Middlesbrough

£81,425

£-

£42,855

£167,135

Milton Keynes

£76,541

£-

£40,285

£157,111

Mole Valley

£53,801

£-

£28,317

£110,435

New Forest

£56,306

£-

£29,635

£115,576

Newark and Sherwood

£53,954

£-

£28,397

£110,748

Newcastle upon Tyne

£103,234

£-

£54,334

£211,902

Newcastle-under-Lyme

£49,632

£-

£26,122

£101,876

Newham

£78,757

£-

£41,451

£161,659

North Devon

£64,877

£-

£34,146

£133,169

North East Derbyshire

£46,492

£-

£24,470

£95,432

North East Lincolnshire

£76,141

£-

£40,074

£156,289

North Hertfordshire

£49,631

£-

£26,121

£101,873

North Kesteven

£44,051

£-

£23,185

£90,421

North Lincolnshire

£56,810

£-

£29,900

£116,610

North Norfolk

£44,448

£-

£23,394

£91,236

North Northamptonshire

£66,315

£-

£34,902

£136,119

North Somerset

£72,809

£-

£38,320

£149,449

North Tyneside

£61,417

£-

£32,325

£126,067

North Warwickshire

£45,474

£-

£23,934

£93,342

North West Leicestershire

£44,768

£-

£23,562

£91,892

North Yorkshire

£87,377

£-

£45,988

£179,353

Northumberland

£67,347

£-

£35,446

£138,239

Norwich

£77,031

£-

£40,543

£158,117

Nottingham

£168,867

£-

£88,878

£346,623

Nuneaton and Bedworth

£47,158

£-

£24,820

£96,798

Oadby and Wigston

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Oldham

£71,521

£-

£37,642

£146,805

Oxford

£75,848

£-

£39,920

£155,688

Pendle

£47,585

£-

£25,044

£97,673

Peterborough

£71,840

£-

£37,811

£147,462

Plymouth

£78,184

£-

£41,149

£160,482

Portsmouth

£79,463

£-

£41,822

£163,107

Preston

£81,972

£-

£43,143

£168,258

Reading

£71,994

£-

£37,891

£147,776

Redbridge

£72,186

£-

£37,992

£148,170

Redcar and Cleveland

£44,100

£-

£23,211

£90,522

Redditch

£49,772

£-

£26,196

£102,164

Reigate and Banstead

£59,745

£-

£31,445

£122,635

Ribble Valley

£45,172

£-

£23,775

£92,722

Richmond upon Thames

£49,294

£-

£25,944

£101,182

Rochdale

£116,279

£-

£61,200

£238,679

Rochford

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Rossendale

£49,621

£-

£26,116

£101,853

Rother

£45,178

£-

£23,778

£92,734

Rotherham

£82,763

£-

£43,559

£169,881

Rugby

£46,217

£-

£24,325

£94,867

Runnymede

£52,975

£-

£27,882

£108,739

Rushcliffe

£44,246

£-

£23,287

£90,820

Rushmoor

£48,960

£-

£25,768

£100,496

Rutland

£43,962

£-

£23,138

£90,238

Salford

£100,106

£-

£52,688

£205,482

Sandwell

£59,174

£-

£31,144

£121,462

Sefton

£74,784

£-

£39,360

£153,504

Sevenoaks

£44,779

£-

£23,568

£91,915

Sheffield

£133,547

£-

£70,288

£274,123

Shropshire

£75,560

£-

£39,769

£155,098

Slough

£54,824

£-

£28,855

£112,534

Solihull

£61,813

£-

£32,533

£126,879

Somerset

£93,424

£-

£49,171

£191,766

South Cambridgeshire

£49,780

£-

£26,200

£102,180

South Derbyshire

£45,240

£-

£23,810

£92,860

South Gloucestershire

£67,683

£-

£35,623

£138,929

South Hams

£45,441

£-

£23,916

£93,273

South Holland

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

South Kesteven

£49,496

£-

£26,051

£101,598

South Norfolk

£45,714

£-

£24,060

£93,834

South Oxfordshire

£48,929

£-

£25,752

£100,433

South Ribble

£49,585

£-

£26,097

£101,779

South Staffordshire

£58,349

£-

£30,710

£119,769

South Tyneside

£53,040

£-

£27,916

£108,872

Southampton

£137,756

£-

£72,503

£282,762

Southend-on-Sea

£103,850

£-

£54,658

£213,166

Southwark

£104,202

£-

£54,843

£213,888

Spelthorne

£54,355

£-

£28,608

£111,571

St Albans

£60,891

£-

£32,048

£124,987

St. Helens

£77,092

£-

£40,574

£158,240

Stafford

£48,041

£-

£25,285

£98,611

Staffordshire Moorlands

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Stevenage

£49,062

£-

£25,822

£100,706

Stockport

£66,106

£-

£34,792

£135,690

Stockton-on-Tees

£57,497

£-

£30,262

£118,021

Stoke-on-Trent

£86,271

£-

£45,406

£177,083

Stratford-on-Avon

£49,512

£-

£26,059

£101,630

Stroud

£44,691

£-

£23,522

£91,735

Sunderland

£82,383

£-

£43,360

£169,103

Surrey Heath

£47,292

£-

£24,891

£97,074

Sutton

£54,748

£-

£28,815

£112,378

Swale

£46,772

£-

£24,617

£96,006

Swindon

£61,127

£-

£32,172

£125,471

Tameside

£65,319

£-

£34,379

£134,077

Tamworth

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Tandridge

£50,997

£-

£26,840

£104,677

Teignbridge

£45,539

£-

£23,968

£93,475

Telford and Wrekin

£130,604

£-

£68,739

£268,082

Tendring

£53,548

£-

£28,183

£109,914

Test Valley

£48,463

£-

£25,507

£99,477

Tewkesbury

£45,487

£-

£23,940

£93,367

Thanet

£47,224

£-

£24,855

£96,934

Three Rivers

£50,320

£-

£26,484

£103,288

Thurrock

£50,175

£-

£26,408

£102,991

Tonbridge and Malling

£62,220

£-

£32,748

£127,716

Torbay

£50,094

£-

£26,365

£102,824

Torridge

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

Tower Hamlets

£103,356

£-

£54,398

£212,152

Trafford

£57,218

£-

£30,115

£117,448

Tunbridge Wells

£47,932

£-

£25,227

£98,386

Uttlesford

£48,639

£-

£25,600

£99,839

Vale of White Horse

£48,684

£-

£25,623

£99,930

Wakefield

£92,578

£-

£48,725

£190,028

Walsall

£53,166

£-

£27,982

£109,130

Waltham Forest

£66,884

£-

£35,202

£137,288

Wandsworth

£58,987

£-

£31,046

£121,079

Warrington

£85,143

£-

£44,812

£174,767

Warwick

£58,803

£-

£30,949

£120,701

Watford

£60,172

£-

£31,670

£123,512

Waverley

£45,591

£-

£23,995

£93,581

Wealden

£46,444

£-

£24,444

£95,332

Welwyn Hatfield

£57,279

£-

£30,147

£117,573

West Berkshire

£69,194

£-

£36,418

£142,030

West Devon

£44,033

£-

£23,175

£90,383

West Lancashire

£46,352

£-

£24,396

£95,144

West Lindsey

£43,846

£-

£23,077

£90,000

West Northamptonshire

£71,619

£-

£37,694

£147,007

West Oxfordshire

£46,095

£-

£24,260

£94,615

West Suffolk

£57,124

£-

£30,065

£117,254

Westminster

£119,336

£-

£62,808

£244,952

Westmorland and Furness

£66,301

£-

£34,895

£136,091

Wigan

£94,494

£-

£49,733

£193,960

Wiltshire

£65,077

£-

£34,251

£133,579

Winchester

£47,856

£-

£25,188

£98,232

Windsor and Maidenhead

£48,888

£-

£25,731

£100,350

Wirral

£98,950

£-

£52,079

£203,108

Woking

£54,525

£-

£28,698

£111,921

Wokingham

£56,345

£-

£29,655

£115,655

Wolverhampton

£75,336

£-

£39,650

£154,636

Worcester

£61,809

£-

£32,531

£126,871

Worthing

£59,949

£-

£31,552

£123,053

Wychavon

£47,849

£-

£25,183

£98,215

Wyre

£48,967

£-

£25,772

£100,511

Wyre Forest

£45,225

£-

£23,802

£92,829

York

£52,487

£-

£27,625

£107,737

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2026-02-09.hcws1317.0

seen at 10:23, 10 February in Written Ministerial Statements.

TGS