Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 18591

Sleeping Rough

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist PartyStrangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of rough sleepers.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The government publishes quarterly and annual data on the estimated number of people sleeping rough in England on gov.uk here.