Data published by the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (Chain) found that between April and June 2020, there were 449 children and young people aged under 25 sleeping rough in the capital.
The figure for the second quarter of the year is 81 per cent higher than for the same period in 2019 (248), and 48 per cent higher than in the previous quarter (304).
The rise in the number of under-25s sleeping rough is significantly higher than the figure for all age groups – amongst all rough sleepers the rise was 33 per cent on a year ago and 14 per cent compared to the final quarter of 2019.
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