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<p>This Department does not collect data on deaths of people sleeping rough.</p><p>We
are however currently exploring potential mechanisms for capturing this information
alongside other Government departments.</p><p>Local areas and homelessness services
often hold detailed information about the people who sleep rough in their area, including
information about rough sleepers who have died, where this information is available
to them.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Strategy to be published in July will set out this
Government’s plans to halve rough sleeping by 2022, end it by 2027 and shape service
provision in the long term.</p>
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