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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the target to end rough sleeping by 2024; and if he will make a statement.

The Government is committed to ending rough sleeping and has made excellent progress on its manifesto commitment. The most recent snapshot published in February 2022 showed the number of people sleeping rough is at an eight-year low and has almost halved since 2017. We published our refreshed rough sleeping strategy in September 2022, which set out our defined vision for ending rough sleeping, which is that it is prevented wherever possible, and where it does occur it is rare, brief and non-recurrent.

That said, it is important to acknowledge the significant economic challenges ahead and how Government is focused on getting the public finances on a sustainable footing whilst protecting the most vulnerable members in society. This is why we are investing £2 billion over the next three years into tackling homelessness and rough sleeping.