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845357

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date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support birth registration activities in relation to Rohingya children born in Bangladesh to ensure that their rights are protected while they are refugees and when, or if, they return to Myanmar.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports UNHCR which is conducting a family registration process, including advice and legal support with whatever documents individuals have managed to retain. We continue to lobby the governments of both Burma and Bangladesh to protect and respect the human rights of those who have fled northern Rakhine and to facilitate the conditions for their safe, voluntary and dignified return.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2018 13:53:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

845358

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect the number of children in hostels and other temporary accommodation in England to rise; and what steps they are taking to reduce this number.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>We are implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act, which commences in April 2018. The Act significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>The law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and then for no longer than 6 weeks.</p><p>Our new Homelessness Advice and Support Team, drawn from local authorities and the homelessness sector, are providing targeted challenge and support to help Councils improve their practice and performance – including the use of B&amp;B accommodation for families.</p><p>The Government remains committed to combating homelessness and rough sleeping. To achieve this, we have set up a Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce that will focus on prevention and affordable housing. We have allocated over £1 billion over the course of the spending review to tackle and reduce homelessness. This includes £315 million Homelessness Prevention funding and a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent homelessness from happening in the first place. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18, with further funding to be announced for 2019/20.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/03/2018 15:57:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

845359

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: City of Westminster
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Westminster City Council about deaths and hospital admissions of homeless people sleeping rough in the borough.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government meet with representatives of local authorities, voluntary and charity sector organisations, policy experts and other partners on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues including homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p>The Government publishes a list of all ministerial meetings with external bodies on departmental business on a quarterly basis. This is available (attached) at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668182/Ministerial_meetings_Jul_to_Sep_2017.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668182/Ministerial_meetings_Jul_to_Sep_2017.csv/preview</a></p><p>Our new Homelessness Advice and Support Team, drawn from local authorities and the homelessness sector, is providing support to local authorities to help them address their homelessness challenges. They have visited a significant number of local authorities across England, including Westminster.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/03/2018 17:13:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 180226 List of all ministerial meetings HL5559.xls title List of all Ministerial meetings
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

845360

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on average, each night, how many homeless people in England sleep outside; and whether they expect that number to increase in 2018, compared to 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The annual autumn rough sleeping count is a single night snapshot of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas.The latest statistics can be found (attached) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667302/Statutory_Homelessness_and_Prevention_and_Relief_Statistical_Release_Jul_to_Sep_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667302/Statutory_Homelessness_and_Prevention_and_Relief_Statistical_Release_Jul_to_Sep_2017.pdf</a></p><p>We do not collect data on the number of people sleeping rough each night of the year.</p><p>This Government is committed to preventing and reducing homelessness in England. No one should have to sleep rough. That is why we have committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/03/2018 17:15:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 180226 Statutory Homelessness and Prevention and Relief Statistical HL5560.pdf title Homelessness and Prevention and Relief
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

845361

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent report by Refugee Rights Europe A Hostile Environment on the challenges facing asylum-seekers currently residing in asylum accommodation in the UK, particularly with regard to concerns about (1) safety, (2) welfare, and (3) sanitary conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation.</p><p>The contract requires Providers to visit and inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. During inspections they ensure that the accommodation is safe. There are trained staff on site in initial accommodation to protect the safety and welfare of all service users.</p><p>Communal area of initial accommodation sites are cleaned regularly by service provider staff. It is the responsibility of the service user to ensure that their bedrooms and kitchens are kept clean.</p><p>Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to hold suppliers to account to quickly resolve the issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/02/2018 14:19:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool