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<p>MHCLG does not collect this information.</p><p>We have put in place a new statutory
duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act, requiring the Secretary of State for Defence
to refer members of the armed forces to local authority housing services, where local
authorities will develop a personalised housing plan, tailored to their needs, to
prevent them from becoming homelessness. Where veterans are homeless and vulnerable
as a result of having served in the armed forces, local authorities have a duty to
house them.</p><p>Further, we have worked with the Ministry of Defence to ensure that
the additional £1 million MHCLG has made available specifically for veterans is most
effectively positioned to help them in the best way possible. It could go towards
the funding of new specialist staff, or training of existing staff to provide veterans
with the bespoke support they need as they navigate civilian life. It may also be
used to create new pathways to existing specialist support services on offer, ranging
from assistance to access supported housing to mental health and PTSD provision.</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. Already, the Rough Sleeping Initiative has provided over 2,600 additional
bed spaces and 750 more support staff. In 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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