Question follow-through · 9674
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time a rough sleeper spends rough sleeping.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Sleeping Rough: Migrants · 21 Oct 2024
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions · 9 Jul 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time a rough sleeper spends rough sleeping.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
Homelessness and rough sleeping levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. We must address this and deliver long-term solutions.The department does not hold an estimate on the average length of time a rough sleeper spen...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sleeping Rough: Migrants
21 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9670 on Sleeping Rough: Undocumented Migrants, whether her Department collects data on (a) no recourse to public funds among
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of responding to written questions from the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.