Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to his oral evidence in November to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee, whether he has any further proposals to increase the likelihood of hitting his target of eradicating rough sleeping by 2024; and if he will make a statement.

We have made good progress towards ending rough sleeping, with rough sleeping levels falling 49% since 2017. In September 2022, we published our new cross-government strategy 'Ending Rough Sleeping for Good', setting out how we are investing £2 billion over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. However we are not complacent and we know times are tough for many people.

The annual rough sleeping snapshot remains our official and most robust measure of rough sleeping on a single night. The 2022 rough sleeping snapshot will be published at the end of February.

We also collect monthly management information on individuals experiencing rough sleeping and accommodation to provide a more holistic picture of rough sleeping trends. We publish this on a quarterly basis. The next publication of management information, from September 2022 to December 2022, will be published alongside the annual snapshot in February.