The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has no current plans to extend its Covid-19 financial support for councils beyond June, its permanent secretary has said. Jeremy Pocklington confirmed to the Commons housing, communities and local government committee yesterday that the ministry had provided £1.55bn for councils in unringfenced Covid grants for 2021-22 and extended the sales, fees and charges income compensation scheme to the end of June. “We're also continuing to fund some other priorities, including our support for rough sleepers,” he added. “We haven't got any plans to extend our support beyond this quarter,” said Mr Pocklington. “But it is obviously something that we will need to keep under a continuous review through this financial year.