Long-Term Rough Sleeping Innovation Programme: Local authority allocations
Published 26 February 2026
Applies to England
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The table sets out the authorities that will be delivering the Long-Term Rough Sleeping Innovation Programme, and its funding allocation over the lifetime of the programme, split by year. This is a total of 27 local authorities and authorities across London*.
These authorities have been selected for having the greatest long-term rough sleeping pressures across England - both in terms of high absolute numbers and high proportion of people long-term rough sleeping over the month. For the highest proportions, we have applied a minimum average amount of people sleeping rough long-term of 10.9 over the month, which represents the top 25% of areas. This is then worked out as a proportion of a local authority’s total number of people sleeping rough.
This list has been generated using the MHCLG Rough Sleeping Data Framework. A 12-month average of overall numbers has been calculated using data from December 2024 – December 2025.
*Given the unique issue of significant levels of cross-borough movement, London allocations have been pooled and paid to the Greater London Authority (GLA).
| Local authority | 26/27 Allocation | 27/28 Allocation | 28/29 Allocation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Blackburn and Darwen | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Breckland | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Cambridge | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Canterbury | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| City of Bristol | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Doncaster | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Great Yarmouth | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Greater London Authority* | £1,625,000 | £1,625,000 | £1,625,000 | £4,875,000 |
| Leeds | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Liverpool | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Manchester | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Milton Keynes | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Nottingham | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Preston | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Reading | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Sandwell | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Sheffield | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Solihull | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Somerset | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Southampton | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Stockport | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Wigan | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Worcester | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £375,000 |
| Total | £5,000,000 | £5,000,000 | £5,000,000 | £15,000,000 |