Sleeping Rough
(asked on 30th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the increase in rough sleeping since 2010 on (a) local authorities and (b) other public bodies.
This question was answered on 5th February 2018
We know that rough sleeping is damaging for individuals, and can be costly to public services. It is for this reason the Government has committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. The Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will design and drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to achieve this.