A report by a committee of MPs rejected calls to reinstate the ring fence for the Supporting People programme: but it warned that action needed to be taken to protect funding for vulnerable people receiving housing-related support.
Source: The Supporting People Programme, Thirteenth Report (Session 2008-09), HC 649, House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Report | St Mungos press release | Community Care report | Inside Housing report
Date: 2009-Nov
A report estimated that the £1.6 billion invested through the Supporting People programme had saved other services £3.41 billion – through reduced costs in homelessness, tenancy failure, crime, health, and residential care packages.
Source: Tom Ashton and Claire Hempenstall, Research Into the Financial Benefits of the Supporting People Programme, 2009, Department for Communities and Local Government (web publication only)
Links: Report | DCLG press release | Inside Housing report
Date: 2009-Jul
The Welsh Assembly Government began consultation on a strategy for the future of the Supporting People programme (providing housing help and advice to the most vulnerable people).
Source: Supporting People: Housing Related Support Strategy, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Consultation document | WAG press release
Date: 2009-Feb