Sleeping Rough
(asked on 1st March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the average number of rough sleepers in England on each night in 2017; whether that figure has increased since 2010, and if so, by how much; and what strategy they have to tackle rough sleeping in the UK.
The government publishes an annual single night snapshot of rough sleeping in England. This year, we published demographic data on rough sleepers for the first time. This covers gender, age and nationality. The latest statistics (attached) can be found on gov.uk.
We overhauled the methodology for counting rough sleepers in 2010, so that now every council has to report the scale of the problem in their area.
We are taking action to prevent and reduce rough sleeping. We are investing £20 million in 48 projects to help new rough sleepers, or people at imminent risk of sleeping rough, get the support they need. As well as this, we have provided £10 million of funding for eight Social Impact Bonds to provide targeted support for up to 1,200 single homeless people with complex needs.