To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were sleeping rough in (a) London and (b) England in each year since 1997; and what the most recent figure is for each. (115286)

The Government have published a national rough sleeping estimate each year since the Prime Minister introduced the rough sleeping target in 1998 to achieve a two-thirds reduction from 1,850. The following table shows the historical data for London and England as extracted from the national estimate. We do not hold information for 1997.