Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of supported housing (a) units and (b) residents living in short-term supported housing.

The most recent estimate is contained in the Supported Accommodation Review published on 21 November 2016 and available from the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supported-accommodation-review

The Department does not currently hold figures for the number in short term versus other supported housing units, however plans are in place to collect additional housing benefit data over the next year to support the development of the recently announced supported housing funding model.