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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers have been offered safe accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak by (a) region and (b) local authority area.

Yesterday, the Government published the management information that supports the announcements from Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, and Dame Louise Casey that 15,000 people have been accommodated by local authorities in response to Covid-19.

We have collected management information from 302 local authorities nationally. We are continuing to work with local authorities to understand the work they are doing to help the most vulnerable in our society.