Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) charities and (b) local authorities on her Department's proposals to deport foreign national rough sleeper after the transition period.

The new Immigration Rules, which make provision for the refusal or cancellation of permission to stay in the UK on the basis of rough sleeping, will apply to non-EEA nationals from 1 December 2020 and to newly arriving EEA citizens from 1 January 2021 and will only be used after all support is rejected.

The Home Office and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government are encouraging local authorities and approved charities to resolve the immigration status of rough sleepers and unlock access to any benefits and entitlements that rough sleepers may be eligible for.