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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the increase in homelessness among Black residents of (a) England and (b) Wales in 2020.

The latest data relating to ethnicity breakdown of homeless households in England can be found in the annual homelessness statistics and live homelessness tables here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics

Housing is a devolved issue and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect homelessness data for Wales.