Sleeping Rough

Department for Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 2 February 2017.

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Photo of Lord Storey Lord Storey Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many rough sleepers there were in the UK for each of the last three years; and what plans they have to tackle this issue.

Photo of Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales

One person without a home is one too many and we are committed to doing all we can to prevent homelessness. This government is determined to help the most vulnerable in society, which is why we're investing £550 million until 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.

As part of this, in December we announced 84 successful bids to our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme. This will help those people at risk of becoming homeless, already sleeping rough or those with complex needs, to get back on their feet.

We are going even further and changing the law by backing Bob Blackman MP's Homelessness Reduction Bill. This will mean that people across the country get the help they need to avoid becoming homeless in the first place.

DCLG publishes annual statistics on the number of people seen sleeping rough on a single night in England by local authority. These are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics

As Housing is a devolved matter, rough sleeping statistics for Wales are available here:

https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Homelessness/Rough-Sleepers

Rough sleeping statistics for Scotland can be found here:

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables

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