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This section of the website contains publications and reports on housing support in England.
- Research into the financial benefits of the Supporting People programme, 2009
- Support for living? The impact of the Supporting People programme on housing and support for adults with learning disabilities
- Parliamentary Select Committee reports on Supporting People
- Redistribution of the Supporting People Grant
- Supporting People: Review of the development of the policy and costs of housing-related support since 1997
- The Robson Rhodes independent review of the Supporting People programme
Research into the financial benefits of the Supporting People programme, 2009
Research into the financial benefits of the Supporting People programme, 2009
Author: Capgemini
Date: July 2009
Publisher: Communities and Local Government
ISBN: 978 1 4098 1603 4
A new independent report has found that housing support for vulnerable and homeless people has led to significant savings in the cost of other services in England.
The report by analysts Capgemini has estimated that the £1.6bn invested through Supporting People in England has saved other services in England £3.41bn - through reduced costs in homelessness, tenancy failure, crime, health and residential care packages.
Support for living? The impact of the Supporting People programme on housing and support for adults with learning disabilities
Author: Rachel Fyson, Beth Tarleton and Linda Ward
Date:
15.08.07
Organisation: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
An examination of how the Government’s Supporting People programme is affecting housing and support for people with learning disabilities in England.
Parliamentary Select Committee reports on Supporting People
Author: ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Date: 19.07.04
Organisation: House of Commons
Chris Mole, MP, chaired the inquiry and called witnesses such as Hanover Housing Group, the National Housing Federation and Womens Aid. The report reflects on the management of the programme by ODPM and on the report that Robson Rhodes produced in January.
The recommendations of the Select Committee include:
- establishing a better link between social housing capital and revenue programmes
- ODPM to establish clear criteria as to what SP can fund
- consider ring fencing funding for less popular groups
- identify benefits of SP to other departments and transfer funds to SP
- the ODPM be more prescriptive about how and when service reviews take place
- Parliamentary Select Committee reports on Supporting People
Redistribution of the Supporting People Grant
Briefing Paper: proposals for developing the Supporting People Distribution Formula
Author: Matrix Research and Consultancy : London Date: September 2004 Organisation: ODPM, Homelessness and Housing Support Directorate
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has published a briefing paper outlining its proposals for a Distribution Formula to help determine how much each Authority will be allocated.
The formula will consider the following issues in an area:
- Population at risk relative to other areas
- Needs of those at risk relative to other areas
- Cost drivers in an area: employment costs and dispersal of population
- Resident population taking account of migration and cross boundary issues
To view the paper go to the ODPM website: www.spkweb.org.uk and type 'distribution formula' in the quick search option.
Supporting People: Review of the development of the policy and costs of housing-related support since 1997
Author: Matrix Research and Consultancy: London
Date: 17 May 2004
Organisation: ODPM
Abstract: The growth in the size of the legacy fund transferred to Supporting People from Transitional Housing Benefit substantially exceeded all official estimates. ODPM commissioned this study to review factors that contributed to the large variation between the estimates and the final size of the THB grant. The study focused on the period from 2000 to 2003, in which the Transitional Housing Benefit Scheme was in place. The research took place between June and December 2003.
This report is often referred to as the Matrix Report and sets the context under which the Scottish review is being carried out.
The Robson Rhodes independent review of the Supporting People programme
Author: Eugene Sullivan
Date: 12 Feb 2004
Organisation: Robson Rhodes
Abstract: In October 2003, the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) commissioned RSM Robson Rhodes LLP to conduct an independent review of the Supporting People (SP) Programme. The report addresses a number of major issues around the value for money of the legacy provision; the appropriateness of SP funding certain client groups, at certain levels; the question of future allocations and distribution of SP grant; future capital and revenue growth; and a range of governance and management arrangements. It does not deal directly with issues of service quality.