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<p>The Department does not collect information on the proportion of rough sleepers
who have no recourse to public funds. Information on rough sleepers’ self-reported
immigration status can be accessed through CHAIN’s annual reports, found here: <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><p>The Rough Sleeping
Strategy funding includes £5 million for a new fund to help local areas take action
to help non-UK nationals who sleep rough get off the streets.</p><p>This funding will
complement the projects which we have already funded through the £100 million Controlling
Migration Fund (CMF) for local authorities to work with non-UK nationals who sleep
rough.</p><p> </p>
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