Minster for Rough Sleeping and Housing, Eddie Hughes MP, has written to english Local Authority leaders about the rough sleeping "snapshot" carried out annually by the Govt. In his letter the minister says "I am delighted to say that the snapshot showed that the number of people sleeping rough has fallen to an 8 year low and almost halved since 2017, with a reduction of 49%". He went on to say that numbers had fallen 9% since 2021 and that this reflected the situation across all the regions in England.

In addition many more people have been supported out of temporary or short term accommodation and into long term accommodation with over 40,000 people supported in that move since the start of the pandemic.