Rough sleeping funding: grant determination letter
Notification of additional funding to local authorities to provide extra support to care leavers at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
This grant supports the delivery of the government’s rough sleeping strategy.strategy. It allows local authorities to employ one or more specialist personal advisers to support care leavers at risk of homelessness.
Since 2018 to 2019, the Department for Education has provided £11.3 million in funding to specific local authorities across England as a contribution to the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. In 2023, funding of £3.2 million annually for 56 local authority sites in the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 financial years was agreed.
The letter is for directors of children’s services.
Updates to this page
Published 1 November 2018
Last updated 109 AprilMay 2024
+ show2025
href="#full-history">+ show all updates
-
Update history
2025-05-09 14:16
Added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2025 to 2026: rough sleeping funding’.
2024-04-10 15:19
Updated ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ and added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2023 to 2024: rough sleeping funding’.
2024-01-19 18:29
Updated the letter ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ to correct identified errors.
2024-01-18 16:37
Added the ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ letter.
2022-04-05 16:22
Updated Annex A of ‘Section 31 grant determination 2022 to 2023: rough sleeping funding’ to remove the 4 local authorities showing as not receiving funding.
2022-04-02 00:15
Added the ‘Section 31 grant determination 2022 to 2023: rough sleeping funding’ letter.
Details
This grant supports the delivery of the government’s rough sleeping strategy.strategy. It allows local authorities to employ one or more specialist personal advisers to support care leavers at risk of homelessness.
Since 2018 to 2019, the Department for Education has provided £11.3 million in funding to specific local authorities across England as a contribution to the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. In 2023, funding of £3.2 million annually for 56 local authority sites in the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 financial years was agreed.
The letter is for directors of children’s services.
Updates to this page
Published 1 November 2018
Last updated 109 AprilMay 2024
+ show2025
href="#full-history">+ show all updates
-
Update history
2025-05-09 14:16
Added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2025 to 2026: rough sleeping funding’.
2024-04-10 15:19
Updated ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ and added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2023 to 2024: rough sleeping funding’.
2024-01-19 18:29
Updated the letter ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ to correct identified errors.
2024-01-18 16:37
Added the ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ letter.
2022-04-05 16:22
Updated Annex A of ‘Section 31 grant determination 2022 to 2023: rough sleeping funding’ to remove the 4 local authorities showing as not receiving funding.
2022-04-02 00:15
Added the ‘Section 31 grant determination 2022 to 2023: rough sleeping funding’ letter.
Details
This grant supports the delivery of the government’s rough sleeping strategy.strategy. It allows local authorities to employ one or more specialist personal advisers to support care leavers at risk of homelessness.
Since 2018 to 2019, the Department for Education has provided £11.3 million in funding to specific local authorities across England as a contribution to the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. In 2023, funding of £3.2 million annually for 56 local authority sites in the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 financial years was agreed.
The letter is for directors of children’s services.
Updates to this page
Update history
2025-05-09 14:16
Added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2025 to 2026: rough sleeping funding’.
2024-04-10 15:19
Updated ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ and added ‘Section 31 grant determination 2023 to 2024: rough sleeping funding’.
2024-01-19 18:29
Updated the letter ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ to correct identified errors.
2024-01-18 16:37
Added the ‘Section 31 grant determination 2024 to 2025: rough sleeping funding’ letter.
2022-04-05 16:22
Updated Annex A of ‘Section 31 grant determination 2022 to 2023: rough sleeping funding’ to remove the 4 local authorities showing as not receiving funding.
2022-04-02 00:15
Added the ‘Section 31 grant determination 2022 to 2023: rough sleeping funding’ letter.