A question on #SleepingRough tabled by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23-07-2025 has been answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.

Heading: Sleeping Rough
Question ID: 1826419
UIN: HL9794
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-07-23
Asking Member ID: 4282
Asking Member display name: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of rough sleepers within each of the next three years, and by how much.
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Date answered: 2025-08-04
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4956
Answering Member display name: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Answering Member handle: SharonStevenage
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SharonStevenage
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Answer text: The Government has increased funding for homelessness services in England by £233 million this year to a total of £1 billion, which will help prevent homelessness and rough sleeping. The Spending Review protects this record level of investment in tackling...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true