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ROUGH SLEEPERS INITIATIVE - MONITORING THE TARGET OF ENDING THE NEED TO SLEEP ROUGH BY 2003

THIRD REPORT COVERING THE PERIOD FROM 2001-2003

Andra Laird, Shona Mulholland and Diarmid Campbell-Jack,
George Street Research

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
1.2 OBJECTIVES
CHAPTER TWO: SUMMARY OF APPROACH
2.1 OVERVIEW
2.2 SCOPE OF THE PILOT EXERCISE
2.2.1 DEFINING ROUGH SLEEPING
2.2.2 DEFINING DIRECT ACCESS ACCOMMODATION
2.2.3 DEFINING THE RANGE OF PROJECTS PROVIDING DATA
2.3 THE MAY AND OCTOBER DATA COLLECTION
2.4 PROCESSING PROCEDURES AND ASSUMPTIONS
2.4.1 DEDUPLICATION OF THOSE SLEEPING ROUGH FROM THE DATABASE
2.4.2 CLEANING THE DATA
2.5 QUALITATIVE STAGE
CHAPTER THREE: TOTAL NUMBER OF THOSE SLEEPING ROUGH IDENTIFIED OVER THE PREVIOUS SEVEN DAYS
3.1 EXTENT OF ROUGH SLEEPING
3.1.1 TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ROUGH
3.1.2 AGE AND GENDER OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ROUGH
3.1.3 LOCATION OF ROUGH SLEEPING
3.2 BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ROUGH
CHAPTER FOUR: AVERAGE LEVELS OF ROUGH SLEEPING LAST NIGHT
4.1 AVERAGE ROUGH SLEEPING ON PREVIOUS NIGHT
4.1.1 WEEKLY PATTERN
4.1.2 REPEAT ROUGH SLEEPING OVER THE WEEK
4.2 PROFILE OF THOSE SLEEPING ROUGH - DAILY PATTERNS AND WEEKLY AVERAGE
4.2.1 AGE AND GENDER OF THOSE SLEEPING ROUGH
4.2.2 PROFILE OF THOSE SLEEPING ROUGH BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS
CHAPTER FIVE: COMPARING DEMAND AND SUPPLY INFORMATION
5.1 SUMMARY INFORMATION FROM LOG SHEETS
5.2 INFORMATION ON ACCOMMODATION AVAILABILITY FROM ACCOMMODATION PROJECTS
5.3 REPORTED ROUGH SLEEPING AND AVAILABLE SPACES
5.4 ACCOMMODATION PROVISION IN AREAS WITHOUT DIRECT ACCESS
CHAPTER SIX: ISSUES PREVENTING PEOPLE SLEEPING ROUGH FROM GETTING ACCOMMODATION
6.1 LOG SHEET DATA ON WHY ACCOMMODATION MAY BE REFUSED
6.1.1 OVERALL REASONS FOR DIFFICULTY
6.1.2 ISSUES PREVENTING DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND GENDERS FINDING ACCOMMODATION
6.2 ISSUES IDENTIFIED FOR REFUSING ACCESS TO ACCOMMODATION
6.3 COMPARISONS OF THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED FROM BOTH SOURCES
6.4 FUTURE CHALLENGES
6.4.1 DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
6.4.2 DEALING WITH ACCOMMODATION PROBLEMS
6.4.3 OTHER ISSUES
CONCLUSIONS

TABLES

2.1 Response rates for May and October fieldwork, 2001 - 2003
3.1 Age and gender of those sleeping rough in May and October, 2001 - 2003
3.2 Total number of those sleeping rough, by local authority area in May and October, EACH YEAR
4.1 Weekly and daily average number WHO 'slept rough on this night' in May and October, 2001, 2002 and 2003
4.2 Daily breakdown of rough sleeping last night, by age AND GENDER, OCTOBER 2003
4.3 weekly average number of people sleeping rough by local authority area. 2001, 2002 and 2003
5.1 Weekly and daily average number of 'slept rough last night' in May and October, EACH YEAR
5.2 Direct access accommodation on specified dates in October and May, EACH YEAR
5.3 Reported rough sleeping in local authority areas with direct access accommodation in October, 2003
5.4 potential direct access accommodation shortfalls
6.1 Issues preventing person finding accommodation (log sheet)
6.2 Issues preventing person finding accommodation - analysis by gender AND AGE, OCTOBER 2003
6.3 Refusals by GENDER (accommodation questionnaire) - NUMBERS
6.4 Refusals by REASON (accommodation questionnaire) - NUMBERS

CHARTS

3.1 Total Number of INDIVIDUALS sleeping rough in May and October Waves, EACH YEAR
3.2 AGE OF MALES AND FEMALES SLEEPING ROUGH IN OCTOBER 2003
3.3 Time SLEEPING ROUGH in October 2003
4.1 Numbers Who Slept Rough on the Previous Night (Weekly Average - Absolute Average)
5.1 a Average Number Who Slept Rough on midweek night, may and october 2001, 2002 and 2003
5.1 b Average Number Who Slept Rough on weekend night, may and october 2001, 2002 and 2003

ANNEXES

1 List of participating projects
2 Sample log and accommodation sheets
3 Local Authority analysis of numbers who slept rough on previous night
4 Reported rough sleeping in local authority areas with direct access accommodation MAy 2001 - may 2003

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