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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations he has received on the (a) size and (b) condition of the homeless population.

The department publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief. The latest statistics can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics.

Homelessness charities regularly publish research and information on the homeless population. Ministers in the department visit a variety of projects and regularly meet with key partners to discuss homelessness issues.