§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people he estimates are sleeping rough in the Greater London area. [143531]
§ Ms ArmstrongFigures published in August showed that as of June 2000 there were an estimated 546 people sleeping rough in Greater London on any single night. A breakdown of this figure by local authority area is available in the Library of the House. A street count was carried out in central London on 11 December and provisional estimates suggest that the number of people sleeping rough has reduced by around 100. The result of this count is being collated and will be made available to the House in the new year.