Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 13 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 December 2002. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 December 2002 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 10th December 2002, 396 c267W, if he will require the Rough Sleepers Unit to record rough sleepers who are also asylum seekers separately from other rough sleepers for the purposes of the street count.

Answer: Simon Hughes: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 10 December 2002, Official Report, column 267W, if he will require the Rough Sleepers Unit to record rough sleepers who are also asylum seekers separately from other rough sleepers for the purposes of the street count. [87932] Mrs. Roche: Information from counts undertaken by local authorities does not identify rough sleepers who are asylum seekers. As rough sleepers are not woken, it is not possible to obtain information on their personal status. However outreach teams are encouraged to get as much information about people sleeping rough in their areas as possible so that individual solutions can be found to their rough sleeping where it is possible.

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