The 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. This 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. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas \u2013 providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.<\/p>
The Chancellor has said that there will be a Spending Review this year, and the Government will be looking at long term funding for homelessness and rough sleeping services as part of that. We have made very clear that homelessness and rough sleeping is a key priority for the Government. We are working with other Government departments to assess what more can be done to combat rough sleeping and wider homelessness. This work is being overseen by the Ministerial Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce which includes HM Treasury and will play an important part of our preparations for the forthcoming Spending Review.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4282", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-10T13:30:45.447Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Homelessness"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure adequate and sustainable funding to prevent homelessness in the long term.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4181", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Beecham"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Beecham"} ], "uin" : "HL16895"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136746", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136746/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The following table shows the number of prisoners who were eligible for HDC, and how many and what proportion were released in each of the last five years. Because of the way in which data is recorded, the figures relating to the number eligible are higher than the true picture, as they include all offenders serving sentences of the right length, even though some do not meet the other eligibility criteria (see footnote 1).<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number eligible for release on HDC (1,2)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 45,203<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 43,669<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 43,660<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 44,697<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 40,543<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number released on HDC<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,614<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,319<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,041<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,312<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14,769<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Percentage released<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 36%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> (1) This is the number of offenders serving sentences of between 12 weeks and just under 4 years and therefore potentially eligible for release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) in the relevant period. However, it includes offenders who are in fact statutorily ineligible for HDC, such as registered sex offenders or those with a previous recall for breach of curfew on HDC (prisoners not eligible for HDC for these reasons cannot be identified from the data that is held). Moreover, certain offenders are presumed unsuitable for HDC and will only be considered for release in exceptional circumstances.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (2) An offender may be eligible for release on HDC in more than one year. This is because an offender may become eligible for release on HDC in one year and remain in the prison population to be eligible for release as a new year begins.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (3) Figures for 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology than for the years 2016 to date.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Data on the number of prisoners refused HDC is not collated centrally and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> A prisoner may be released on or after their HDC eligibility date but may not lawfully be released before the eligibility date; such a release would be counted as a \u201crelease in error\u201d. HMPPS publish annual data on releases in error but this does not indicate whether the offender was released on HDC and this could not be established except at disproportionate cost. This data is available here:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number eligible for release on HDC (1,2)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 45,203<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 43,669<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 43,660<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 44,697<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 40,543<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number released on HDC<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,614<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,319<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,041<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,312<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14,769<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Percentage released<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 36%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> (1) This is the number of offenders serving sentences of between 12 weeks and just under 4 years and therefore potentially eligible for release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) in the relevant period. However, it includes offenders who are in fact statutorily ineligible for HDC, such as registered sex offenders or those with a previous recall for breach of curfew on HDC (prisoners not eligible for HDC for these reasons cannot be identified from the data that is held). Moreover, certain offenders are presumed unsuitable for HDC and will only be considered for release in exceptional circumstances.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (2) An offender may be eligible for release on HDC in more than one year. This is because an offender may become eligible for release on HDC in one year and remain in the prison population to be eligible for release as a new year begins.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (3) Figures for 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology than for the years 2016 to date.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Data on the number of prisoners refused HDC is not collated centrally and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> A prisoner may be released on or after their HDC eligibility date but may not lawfully be released before the eligibility date; such a release would be counted as a \u201crelease in error\u201d. HMPPS publish annual data on releases in error but this does not indicate whether the offender was released on HDC and this could not be established except at disproportionate cost. This data is available here:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number eligible for release on HDC (1,2)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 45,203<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 43,669<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 43,660<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 44,697<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 40,543<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number released on HDC<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,614<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,319<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,041<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,312<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14,769<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Percentage released<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 19%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21%<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 36%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> (1) This is the number of offenders serving sentences of between 12 weeks and just under 4 years and therefore potentially eligible for release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) in the relevant period. However, it includes offenders who are in fact statutorily ineligible for HDC, such as registered sex offenders or those with a previous recall for breach of curfew on HDC (prisoners not eligible for HDC for these reasons cannot be identified from the data that is held). Moreover, certain offenders are presumed unsuitable for HDC and will only be considered for release in exceptional circumstances.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (2) An offender may be eligible for release on HDC in more than one year. This is because an offender may become eligible for release on HDC in one year and remain in the prison population to be eligible for release as a new year begins.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> (3) Figures for 2015 and earlier were produced using an older methodology than for the years 2016 to date.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Data on the number of prisoners refused HDC is not collated centrally and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> A prisoner may be released on or after their HDC eligibility date but may not lawfully be released before the eligibility date; such a release would be counted as a \u201crelease in error\u201d. HMPPS publish annual data on releases in error but this does not indicate whether the offender was released on HDC and this could not be established except at disproportionate cost. This data is available here:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> |