Question
Q2. I commend the Prime Minister’s commitment to ending rough sleeping and for hosting the first No. 10 rough sleeping summit on Monday. I have fantastic organisations such as St Petrock’s and CoLab in Exeter that help people who end up on the street but who have very complex needs that require wraparound services such as addiction treatment and trauma support. Does the Prime Minister agree with me that, alongside a roof over their heads, we need to rebuild the wraparound support system for people that were so dismantled under the previous Government?
Answer
I do agree with my hon. Friend. I do not think we should accept in this country that anybody should spend even one night sleeping rough on the streets. I said when I walked up Downing Street coming into office that I wanted to change that and wanted to bring an end to rough sleeping. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for committing funding for the whole of this Parliament to support a drive to give everybody an offer of support, and I can confirm to the House today that we are increasingly confident that everyone will get such an offer before the Christmas break. My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue, and I thank him for attending the summit. I hope everybody will get behind this national drive.43% vibes
Verdict: AMBER (42/100)
The Prime Minister agreed with the Member's point and pointed to funding committed for the whole Parliament and support offered to everyone before Christmas. However, the reply did not name the specific addiction treatment or trauma support the question raised. It also did not address the claim that the wraparound system had been dismantled or say how it would be rebuilt, so the questioner would likely need to ask again for specifics.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whether the Prime Minister agrees that people sleeping rough with complex needs require wraparound support, such as addiction treatment and trauma support, alongside a roof over their heads. | Addressed | Direct | The PM explicitly agrees with the premise ("I do agree with my hon. Friend"), and the reply adds concrete detail on funding committed for the whole Parliament and an offer of support for everyone before Christmas, though it never names addiction treatment or trauma support specifically. |
| Whether the Prime Minister agrees that the wraparound support system for people with complex needs, which the questioner says was dismantled under the previous Government, needs to be rebuilt. | Partially Addressed | Hedged | The blanket agreement with the hon. Friend could be read as covering the rebuilding point, but the reply never engages with the claim that the wraparound system was dismantled or describes any rebuilding of that system; the funding and "offer of support" language concerns a national drive rather than the wraparound services the item names. |