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<p>We are unable to provide data based on the total number of prisoners who were given
custodial sentences in Nottinghamshire and were homeless before sentencing as this
data isn’t held. Instead the following table sets out the number of people of no fixed
abode serving sentences who had an origin address link to Nottinghamshire and who
were held in prisons at intervals since 2015. It does not include those held on remand,
who are held on a non-criminal basis or those held in immigration removal centres.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) works to ensure that prisoners
due to be released from prison have accommodation arranged for them upon release.
It is recognised that securing suitable accommodation is a vital part of an offender's
resettlement, and we are working collaboratively with other government departments
and interested parties to ensure that we meet the accommodation needs for prisoners
on their release. There are currently 100 Approved Premises (AP), providing over 2,200
bed spaces nationally. The recent introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
will also help facilitate resettlement for the prisoners back into areas without APs.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching
a £100 million initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across
England. As part of this strategy, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Housing, Communities
and Local Government (MHCLG), will be investing approximately £6m in a pilot scheme
to support ex-offenders secure suitable accommodation upon release; the pilots will
operate in HMPs Pentonville, Bristol and Leeds.</p>
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