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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the number of hostel beds which have been available to tackle rough sleeping in each year for which data is available.

Homeless Link is commissioned by MHCLG to conduct an annual review of hostel bed spaces: in 2017 Homelessness Link reported that there were 35,727 bed spaces. We expect the next review will be released in March 2019. This review has been performed annually since 2008 and the data is publically available. The latest information can be found here:

https://www.homeless.org.uk/connect/blogs/2017/mar/27/homeless-links-annual-review-of-support-for-single-homeless-people