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The Big Issue Vendor Interview

I didn't want to bother his 'work hour' so I just asked him very simple question.

The Autumn 2013 total of street counts and estimates in London was 543. This is a decrease of 3% from the 2012 figure of 557, which was an increase of 25% from the 2011 figure of 446. London accounted for 22% of the total England figure compared to 24% in 2012 and 20% in 2011.

Conversely, the Autumn 2013 total of street countrs and estimates outside of London was 1,871, and increase of 7% from the 2012 figure of 1,752, which was an increase of 1% from the 2011 figure of 1,735.

Figure for England, London and the rest of England are shown in Table 1.

Department for Communities and Local Government (2013) Rough Sleeping Statistics England – Autumn 2013 Official Statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284024/Rough_Sleeping_Statistics_England_-_Autumn_2013.pdf