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Homelessness: Greater London

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were sleeping rough in each London borough (a) in each of the last five years and (b) the most recent period for which figures area available. (153645)

The following table provides a breakdown of the level of rough sleeping in each London borough in each of the last five years. Data is taken from Housing Strategy and Statistical Appendix returns submitted by local authorities.

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Barking and Dagenham

0

0

0

0

1

Barnet

0

0

0

0

0

Bexley

0

0

0

0

0

Brent

4

0

6

1

0

Bromley

0

0

0

0

0

Camden

28

13

5

17

10

City

41

36

22

12

25

Croydon

6

0

0

0

0

Ealing

4

0

4

1

1

Enfield

0

0

0

0

0

Greenwich

3

0

0

0

0

Hackney

11

7

8

7

6

Hammersmith and Fulham

4

2

3

2

6

Haringey

8

6

4

6

1

Harrow

0

0

0

1

0

Havering

0

0

0

1

1

Hillingdon

0

0

0

3

0

Hounslow

3

0

0

3

3

Islington

2

7

1

3

3

Kensington and Chelsea

6

6

10

12

10

Kingston upon Thames

0

0

0

0

0

Lambeth

12

11

12

7

9

Lewisham

1

0

0

3

3

Merton

0

0

0

0

0

Newham

0

6

3

0

0

Redbridge

5

5

0

0

0

Richmond upon Thames

6

6

0

0

0

Southwark

2

17

6

7

6

Sutton

0

0

0

0

0

Tower Hamlets

2

11

5

0

3

Waltham Forest

4

1

1

2

6

Wandsworth

0

0

0

0

0

Westminster

169

133

175

133

173

London

321

267

265

221

267