{"value":{"id":1751909,"askingMemberId":655,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-12-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","uin":"HL3682","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government how many people they estimate are homeless each night in each region of the United Kingdom, and whether that number is increasing or decreasing.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4956,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As of 30 June 2024, 123,100 households were in temporary accommodation, which is an increase of 16.3% from 30 June 2023. This is the highest on record.</p><p> </p><p>The annual snapshot statistics remain our official and most robust measure of rough sleeping on a single night. The number of people estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in autumn 2023 was 3,898 – a 27% increase on autumn 2022 and a rise for the second year in a row.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are required to publish homelessness data each quarter. The most recent figures for Q2 2024 are available below using tab TA1:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2024/statutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2024\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2024/statutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2024</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent rough sleeping snapshot in England was published in February 2024 and covers Autumn 2023. This can be accessed by using the link below:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2023/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2023\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2023/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2023</a></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Homelessness","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1751909/original/HL3682 - Statutory homelessness in England_ April to June 2024 - GOV.UK.pdf","title":"Statutory homelessness in England","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":388678},{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1751909/original/HL3682 -Rough sleeping snapshot in England_ autumn 2023 - GOV.UK.pdf","title":"Rough Sleeping snapshot","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":4038542}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1751909","method":"GET"}]}