Homelessness: Greater London Lynne Featherstone 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. Mr. Iain Wright 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 | -------------------------------------------------