Homelessness: LGBT People

(asked on 25th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) nature and (b) scale of LGBTQ+ homelessness using Homelessness Case Level Information Collection data.


Answered by
Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 3rd July 2020

We recognise that?LGBT?homelessness is an important issue, particularly among young people, and that?LGBT?people who find themselves homeless may have a different experience of homelessness. However, data on this issue is limited.?Sexual orientation is not a mandatory field collected through the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection. We therefore do not hold robust or consistent data across local authorities on LGBT homeless households.

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