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<p>Concerning homelessness, latest data suggests that for the following financial
years the numbers of households which had a main duty acceptance in Leicester are
as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>108</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National
breakdowns are available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764201/Table_784_2017_18.xlsx"
target="_blank">Table 784: local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions
of the Housing Acts, financial years 2004-05 to 2017-18 (revised)</a>.</p><p>There
is a difference between those defined as homeless and those considered rough sleepers,
statistics of which were released on 31 January 2019. Rough sleepers are those people
sleeping, about to bed down, or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the
streets, in tents or in bus shelters) - as well as people in buildings or other places
not designed for habitation.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven
estimates of people sleeping rough in England are conducted in autumn every year.
All figures are independently verified by Homeless Link. The most recent data from
the autumn 2018 annual street count and estimate returned a total figure of 4,677
rough sleepers, a decrease of 2 per cent from 2017.</p><p>From 2015-2018 Leicester
have reported the following as their number of rough sleepers:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National
breakdowns are available here:<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/775036/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/775036/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx</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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