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<p>The annual single night snapshot of rough sleeping in Autumn 2018 was published
on January 31 2019 at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>Table
1 provides figures from annual rough sleeping snapshots in all local authorities in
England since 2010 and whether this was derived through a count or an estimate. Each
local authority in England chooses whether to inform this annual snapshot via a street
count, an evidence-based estimate, or an estimate informed by a spotlight street count.</p><p>The
methodology for providing this snapshot has been in place since 2010 and provides
a way of approximating the number of people sleeping rough across England on a single
night, and tracking change over time. Detailed guidance is provided to authorities
on how to conduct counts and estimates; hundreds of local partner agencies participate
in the process and Homeless Link are funded to verify all local counts and validate
local estimates and demographic information.</p><p>MHCLG is encouraging local authorities
with larger numbers of people sleeping rough to improve their year-round monitoring.
Due to the difficulties involved in collecting such information, it is not practical
to request all local authorities to gather data on the flow of people sleeping rough
across the year. This would require extensive local outreach work as well as a substantial
database and, especially for local authorities with small numbers of people sleeping
rough, would not be an appropriate use of resources.</p><p>In some areas, including
London, this is already in place. London’s CHAIN data, which provides information
on the individuals seen sleeping rough by outreach teams in London throughout the
year as opposed to a single night, was published alongside our own statistics and
can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports"
target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government
is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have
to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping
Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep
rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once
and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness
and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p>
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