The Government recognises the serious impact that robbery and theft from the person offences have on public safety, both in terms of the harm caused to victims and the wider implications for communities.

Through the Home Offices Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee we will place thousands of additional police officers and police community support officers in neighbourhood policing roles. This will provide a more visible and effective service to the public, with each neighbourhood having a named, contactable officer dealing with local issues, including robbery and theft from the person.

We also recognise that homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected.

We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, grant funding for homelessness services is increasing this year by £233 million compared to last year (2024/25).

As part of the Rough Sleeping Recovery and Prevention Grant (RSPARG) £63,964,330 was allocated across London in 25/26. The RSPARG gives local authorities the flexibility to determine the most suitable rough sleeping services required to meet local need.

In the 2022 Rough Sleeping Snapshot, there were 2,539 men (83% of the total) and 464 women (15% of the total) sleeping rough on a single night in autumn. Gender was ‘not known’ for 66 people (2% of the total). The gender breakdown of people sleeping rough was similar across all regions in England and was similar to previous years.

Women who sleep rough may make themselves less visible in order to stay safe, by moving at night or concealing themselves or their gender. They therefore may not be fully captured by the snapshot. This reinforces the need for tailored, specific interventions, for example in programmes like the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI). £6.5 million of the Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022-25 is going towards funding women-specific services across 22 local authorities in England.

Data collected centrally shows overall levels of rough sleeping in England and we do not collect data for specific types of behaviour

While the annual rough sleeping snapshot in 2022 has risen compared to 2021, this follows sustained decreases since the peak in 2017. Overall rough sleeping levels are 35% lower in 2022 compared to the peak in 2017 and 28% lower than they were in 2019 before the pandemic

We remain steadfastly committed to our goal to end rough sleeping and we will continue to work with local authorities and partners, the voluntary and community sector and private sector to end it for good.

The Anti-Social Behaviour Plan published in March outlined plans to introduce new powers for local authorities and the police to respond to begging and rough sleeping, coupled with improved multi-agency working between local partners so that vulnerable individuals receive the support they need, and further details will be set out in due course.

Nobody should ever have to sleep rough. We have already allocated £30 million of funding specifically to support rough sleepers, including people at risk of sleeping rough, new rough sleepers and those with the most complex needs - our ambition is to halve rough sleeping by 2022, eliminating it by 2027.

DCLG publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping. This is available by local authority (the latest figures are attached) at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2016

For the purposes of the Department's annual rough sleeping estimates, the definition is as follows: People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments). People in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or “bashes” which are makeshift shelters, often comprised of cardboard boxes).

Nobody should ever have to sleep rough. We have already allocated £30 million of funding specifically to support rough sleepers, including people at risk of sleeping rough, new rough sleepers and those with the most complex needs - our ambition is to halve rough sleeping by 2022, eliminating it by 2027.

One person without a home is one too many and we are committed to doing all we can to prevent homelessness. That is why we have increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million.

This will include a new national £10 million programme to support innovative ways to tackle rough sleeping, and will build on the success of our No Second Night Out initiative, which saw two-thirds of rough sleepers in London come off the streets after a single night.

DCLG publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping. While they are not collected at the level requested, they are available by local authority. These are available (the latest figures are attached) at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2015.

The GLA collects more detailed statistics on rough sleeping in London. These are available at: http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports

The Coalition Government is committed to tackling and preventing rough sleeping. One of our first actions was to introduce a more accurate assessment of rough sleeping levels so that there is clear information in all areas, to inform service provision and action to address the problem. The previous Administration's methodology and approach consistently under-stated the true picture.

Rough sleeping counts and estimates are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas. The figures can be found in the Department's statistical releases:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn- 2010

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleepin-in-en,gland-autumn-2012

Figures for autumn 2013 are due to be published in February 2014.

The annual rough sleeper figure for England reports that the total of people counted or estimated as sleeping rough in London was 415 in autumn 2010 and 557 in autumn 2012, which is currently the most recent figure.

The change in the rough sleeping figure for London has been influenced by our No Second Night Out initiative. Its introduction has led to an increase in hours of working and coverage by outreach teams in

London, which has meant that more people are being identified and contacted by outreach workers—in particular people that are new to the streets. No Second Night Out is making a big difference in London. The CHAIN annual data for 2012/13 shows that No Second Night Out helped ensure that three quarters (75%) of new rough sleepers spend just a single night on London's streets.

The majority of rough sleepers in London are foreign nationals. We are stepping up action to prevent migrant rough sleeping including support for the ‘Before You Go’ campaign (Poland) to cover Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania. The campaign has been developed by the homelessness charity, The Passage, to show the harsh reality of what can happen to those who travel to the UK unprepared and end up on the streets.

We work closely with the Mayor of London. We are investing £470 million for homelessness prevention over the spending review period which includes £34 million to fund the Greater London Authority to tackle rough sleeping across the capital; £20 million to support the national roll out of the No Second Night Out standard and protect vital front line services. and, £5 million for a Social Impact Bond which we have developed with the Greater London Authority to work with approximately 830 people with significant experience of rough sleeping in London over the past two years.

The Coalition Government is committed to tackling and preventing rough sleeping. One of our first actions was to introduce a more accurate assessment of rough sleeping levels so that there is clear information in all areas, to inform service provision and action to address the problem. The previous Administration's methodology and approach consistently under-stated the true picture.

Rough sleeping counts and estimates are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas. The figures can be found in the Department's statistical releases:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn- 2010

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleepin-in-en,gland-autumn-2012

Figures for autumn 2013 are due to be published in February 2014.

The annual rough sleeper figure for England reports that the total of people counted or estimated as sleeping rough in London was 415 in autumn 2010 and 557 in autumn 2012, which is currently the most recent figure.

The change in the rough sleeping figure for London has been influenced by our No Second Night Out initiative. Its introduction has led to an increase in hours of working and coverage by outreach teams in

London, which has meant that more people are being identified and contacted by outreach workers—in particular people that are new to the streets. No Second Night Out is making a big difference in London. The CHAIN annual data for 2012/13 shows that No Second Night Out helped ensure that three quarters (75%) of new rough sleepers spend just a single night on London's streets.

The majority of rough sleepers in London are foreign nationals. We are stepping up action to prevent migrant rough sleeping including support for the ‘Before You Go’ campaign (Poland) to cover Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania. The campaign has been developed by the homelessness charity, The Passage, to show the harsh reality of what can happen to those who travel to the UK unprepared and end up on the streets.

We work closely with the Mayor of London. We are investing £470 million for homelessness prevention over the spending review period which includes £34 million to fund the Greater London Authority to tackle rough sleeping across the capital; £20 million to support the national roll out of the No Second Night Out standard and protect vital front line services. and, £5 million for a Social Impact Bond which we have developed with the Greater London Authority to work with approximately 830 people with significant experience of rough sleeping in London over the past two years.

The Coalition Government is committed to tackling and preventing rough sleeping. One of our first actions was to introduce a more accurate assessment of rough sleeping levels so that there is clear information in all areas, to inform service provision and action to address the problem. The previous Administration's methodology and approach consistently under-stated the true picture.

Rough sleeping counts and estimates are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas. The figures can be found in the Department's statistical releases:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn- 2010

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleepin-in-en,gland-autumn-2012

Figures for autumn 2013 are due to be published in February 2014.

The annual rough sleeper figure for England reports that the total of people counted or estimated as sleeping rough in London was 415 in autumn 2010 and 557 in autumn 2012, which is currently the most recent figure.

The change in the rough sleeping figure for London has been influenced by our No Second Night Out initiative. Its introduction has led to an increase in hours of working and coverage by outreach teams in

London, which has meant that more people are being identified and contacted by outreach workers—in particular people that are new to the streets. No Second Night Out is making a big difference in London. The CHAIN annual data for 2012/13 shows that No Second Night Out helped ensure that three quarters (75%) of new rough sleepers spend just a single night on London's streets.

The majority of rough sleepers in London are foreign nationals. We are stepping up action to prevent migrant rough sleeping including support for the ‘Before You Go’ campaign (Poland) to cover Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania. The campaign has been developed by the homelessness charity, The Passage, to show the harsh reality of what can happen to those who travel to the UK unprepared and end up on the streets.

We work closely with the Mayor of London. We are investing £470 million for homelessness prevention over the spending review period which includes £34 million to fund the Greater London Authority to tackle rough sleeping across the capital; £20 million to support the national roll out of the No Second Night Out standard and protect vital front line services. and, £5 million for a Social Impact Bond which we have developed with the Greater London Authority to work with approximately 830 people with significant experience of rough sleeping in London over the past two years.