To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent homelessness among young people aged 16-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings in Centrepoint's factsheet entitled The youth homelessness databank.

We have committed over £650 million to councils in England through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to help them prevent homelessness, including youth homelessness.

Since 2018/19 the Department for Education has provided funding to local authorities with the highest number of care leavers at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping. This funding continues to provide targeted support to young people leaving care most at risk of homelessness.

The Government will also continue investment into the 'Staying Put' programme which requires local authorities to support young people to remain with their former foster care to age 21 if the carer and young person want the fostering arrangement to continue, and scale up the number of local areas offering the 'Staying Close' programme, which enable young people leaving care to stay with, or in touch with, former foster families and children's homes for longer - building their resilience as they transition to independent living.