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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Monday, 5 November 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 November 2018. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 19 November 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Sleeping Rough: Care Leavers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of young people who sleep rough and have spent time in foster care.

Answer

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect statistics on whether or not people sleeping rough have spent time in foster care. However, the department does produce annual rough sleeping counts and estimates, which are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas. In autumn 2017, there were 369 people aged 25 years and under who were recorded as sleeping rough in England.

From April of this year, the Government extended personal adviser support for all care leavers up to age 25. The recently published Rough Sleeping Strategy also committed an additional £3.2 million of funding for 47 local authority areas to employ specialist personal advisers. They will provide intensive support for care leavers with the most complex needs who are most at risk of rough sleeping.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
188024
Session
2017-19
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Subjects
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Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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