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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people who were housed under the Everyone In initiative in 2020 have received a covid-19 vaccination.

We have taken unprecedented steps to protect rough sleepers during the pandemic. This work has not stopped, and through Everyone In, by November we had supported around 37,000 people with nearly 10,000 in emergency accommodation and over 23,000 already moved on into longer-term accommodation.

On 8 January we asked all local authorities to ensure that even more rough sleepers are safely accommodated, and that this opportunity is actively used to make sure that all rough sleepers are registered with a GP and are factored into local area vaccination plans, in line with the prioritisation approach set out by the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation.

As set out in its Surveillance strategy, published on 11 January, Public Health England will monitor vaccine effectiveness, safety, uptake, population immunity and more, with consideration of impact on inequalities and inclusion health groups including those experiencing homelessness.