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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were (1) counted, and (2) estimated, as sleeping rough in England the last time that those figures were recorded.

This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to end?rough?sleeping?by the end of this Parliament and to enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.

My Department's latest?official?annual Rough Sleeping?Snapshot?Statistics, published on 27 February 2020, provide information about the estimated number of people sleeping rough across local authorities in England on a single night.?

The number of people counted and estimated as sleeping rough in England on a single night in Autumn 2019 is given in the table below:

In 2020/2021 the Government is providing £492 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This marks a £124 million increase in funding from the previous year and will go towards funding important programmes such as the Rough Sleeping Initiative, Homelessness Reduction Grant and Flexible Homelessness Support Grant.