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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of older people who are (1) homeless, and (2) at risk of becoming homeless, but who are not included in official statutory homelessness statistics.

We do not hold this information. However, we will be overhauling data on homelessness so that we have a clearer picture of those affected.

We have embarked on a project to redesign our homelessness data collection system. The new system will capture information on all households receiving homelessness assessments from local authorities, as well as recording the assistance received and the outcome. This will provide a much clearer understanding of the causes of homelessness and the effectiveness of responses.