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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authority applicants there have been to the Rough Sleeping Initiative Fund 2018-19 since March 2018; how much money has been awarded from that fund; and what the average amount was that was awarded to applicants.

83 local authorities were awarded funds from the Rough Sleeping Initiative in 2018/19, to a total of £29,971,544. Funds were allocated to the 83 areas with the highest numbers of rough sleepers as recorded in the 2017 annual rough sleeping statistics.

The average value awarded was £361,103.