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<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><p>In March we allocated an
additional £1 million of bespoke funding to support ex- members of the armed forces
who are or are at risk of becoming homeless. The funding has been allocated between
the Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, and will be used to develop
new services and support them in engaging with existing service provision.</p><p>Accommodation
data for Armed force veterans is limited as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government does not collect statistics on whether or not people sleeping rough
have served in the armed forces.</p><p>However, the Combined Homelessness and Information
Network stats suggest that 3 per cent of the rough sleeping population in London have
served in the armed Forces.</p><p>We do not collect data on how many people, owed
a statutory homeless duty, are veterans. However, in April 2018 my Department introduced
a data capturing tool, the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection referred
to as H-CLIC which captures the support needs of a household, including if someone
has a support need as a result of being in the armed forces. The latest H-CLIC data
for October to December 2018 shows that of the 61,410 households in England who were
owed a homelessness duty in England, 0.72 per cent had support needs because they
had previously served in the armed forces. This does not include households that did
not approach their local authority for help or those who do not require additional
support because they previously served.</p><p>In terms of prisoners released, during
October to December 2018, 1.8 per cent of the 61,410 households owed a homeless duty
in England were homeless on departure from prison.</p><p>Information is not held on
people previously in receipt of universal credit who are owed a homeless duty.</p>
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