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Written question asked by Lord Hylton (Crossbench) on Monday, 21 March 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2022. It was answered by Lord Greenhalgh (Conservative) on Monday, 4 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Homelessness: Undocumented Migrants

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many migrants who lack full documentation have become homeless in each of the last two years for which figures are available.

Answer

As part of the Homelessness Case Level Collection data (H-CLIC), local authorities are required to collect details of the nationality of those they have assessed as homeless. Local authorities are not required through H-CLIC to collect data on the documentation held by non-UK nationals who are homeless and rough sleeping.

As part of our annual rough sleeping snapshot, we also collect data on the nationality of those sleeping rough. Latest data reported that 25% of those found to be rough sleeping on a single night in 2021 were non-UK nationals - 20% (500) were from the EU and 5% (110) were non-EU. The nationality of 8% (200) was unknown.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL7144
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Undocumented migrants Homelessness
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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