Homelessness: Mortality Rates

(asked on 10th January 2024) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's processes for collecting mortality data for homeless people.


Answered by
Felicity Buchan Portrait
Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 17th January 2024

My department does not collect mortality data for people experiencing homelessness. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) hold responsibility for vital events statistics (such as births, marriages, and deaths).

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