2.1 The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation. 2.2 The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation, although it will be important to ensure sufficient time for the development of the new strategy and to align with the forthcoming 2021 Spending Review. 2.3 The government is fully committed to ending rough sleeping within this Parliament and has already made considerable progress in the last few years to reduce rough sleeping. Much of this work provided the capacity to deliver the Everyone In response both locally and nationally. The department’s annual statistics published on the 25 February 2021 show the number of people sleeping rough fell for the third year in a row, the largest decrease since these were first recorded in 2010 and a 43% decrease since 2017. 2.4 Nonetheless, the department is clear that to end rough sleeping there is a need for further cross government action to address the underlying causes of rough sleeping. The department will be working with partners across government and the sector to build on recent progress and consider what more needs to be done to end rough sleeping. The department will consider the role of health, policing, prisons, immigration, welfare, and employment, alongside housing and how the department will build on the already significant success of Everyone In. 2.5 As the Committee suggests, the department will consider a definition of what it means to end rough sleeping, including information about how this goal will be measured and evaluated.