To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the prevalence of veteran rough sleeping throughout the UK.
Answered on
22 February 2022
We are committed to tackling homelessness in all its forms, and this Government has committed to ending rough sleeping. The Department uses rough sleeping and homelessness data collections to drive progress and to monitor trends of the homelessness and rough sleeping population, including veterans. Our veterans play a vital role in keeping our country safe and we are committed to supporting this cohort.
Through the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC), the Department collects data on the support needs of households owed a prevention or relief duty, including if they have served in Her Majesty’s Forces. H-CLIC also collects the number of people homeless on departure from institution, one of which is Armed Forces Accommodation.
Levels of Veteran homelessness are low, the most recent H-CLIC statistics, for the period June to September 2021, are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness. The latest homelessness statistics in England show that in this period, of the 67,820 households owed a homelessness duty, 450 (0.66%) households had a support need as a result of serving in the Armed Forces.