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<p>My Department has no current plans to collect information on the number of homeless
people who are Sikh.</p><p>In April 2018 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government introduced a new case-level data collection called H-CLIC (Homelessness
Case Level Information Collection). This gives local authorities and Government more
information regarding homelessness and those presenting as homeless, including demographic
information.</p><p>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.</p><p>In
its first year, our Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and
500 staff.</p><p> </p>
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