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1050799

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date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to acknowledge and take account of 53 week rent years for recipients of Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>No year contains 53 weeks. This perceived issue arises where a landlord charges rent weekly on a Monday and, because of the way the calendar falls every 5 or 6 years, seeks 53 rent payments in a year, with the 53rd payment in part covering the tenancy for the first few days of the following year.</p><p>Universal Credit is paid on a monthly cycle. Where a tenant has a weekly rental liability, they will have to make either 4 or 5 rent payments in any one month. This means that claimants are ‘overpaid’ by UC in months where they have to make four rental payments and ‘underpaid’ where they make five. But over time this broadly balances itself out. It is impossible to accurately align weekly and monthly payment cycles at all points in time.</p><p> </p><p>Where a tenant makes a 53rd weekly rent payment on the last Monday of the 2019/20 year, only two days of that payment relates to a liability falling within that year (ie payment covering Monday and Tuesday of that week as Wednesday falls in the new year). Thus, five days of that payment is an advance payment for the following month and that month has only four Mondays and hence four rent payments. The combination of the advance rent payment and the ‘overpayment’ in April 2020 means that the shortfall is immediately recovered.</p><p> </p><p>There is a separate issue with respect to the way the calculation in the Universal Credit regulations converts a weekly liability into a monthly allowance. The conversion is achieved by multiplying the weekly rent by 52 and then dividing by 12. This effectively means one day’s rent a year (two days in a leap years) are not covered by UC. We are currently considering whether this formulation around weekly rents, and potentially other weekly amounts in the UC calculation, should be amended.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/02/2019 17:56:53 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1050800

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Social Rented 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 actions of the devolved institutions in the UK in relation to social housing; and what lessons, if any, they have learnt as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>My officials hold ongoing constructive discussions with officials from the devolved institutions in relation to social housing and will continue to build on these relationships. This includes discussions held following the publication of the Social Housing Green Paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/02/2019 16:58:35 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1050801

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Business Improvement Districts
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 effectiveness of Business Improvement Districts.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting Business Improvement Districts, as they remain an important part of our high street and town centre agenda.</p><p>In 2014, the Department undertook a review of Business Improvement Districts to see what further powers could be made available to Business Improvement Districts to help shape the future of town centres.</p><p>This resulted in adding Business Improvement Districts to the list of relevant bodies that can challenge to run local authority services under the Right to Challenge and increasing the involvement of Business Improvement Districts in planning, by encouraging a bespoke approach to consultation.</p><p>The Department regularly engages with emerging evidence on the effectiveness of Business Improvement Districts, including studies and reports produced by the sector bodies such as the sector body British BID’s annual National BID Survey, most recently published in November 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/02/2019 14:25:30 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1050802

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Social Rented 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 report by Shelter Building for our Future: A vision for social housing, published in January.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We have noted the report by Shelter’s Commissioners and the contribution this has made to the wider conversation around social housing. Our Social Housing Green Paper set out our aims to rebalance the relationship between residents and landlords, tackle stigma and ensure social housing can be both a safety net and a springboard to home ownership.</p><p>We are committed to increasing the supply of social housing and have invested over £9 billion into our Affordable Homes Programme to deliver 250,000 affordable homes by 2022, including at least 12,500 for social rent outside of London. A further £2 billion of long term funding has already been committed beyond that as part of a ten year home building programme through to 2028. We’re also giving councils extra freedom to build the social homes their communities need and expect. Housing Associations and Local Authorities now need to accelerate delivery and build more affordable homes.</p><p>The consultation on our Green Paper, ‘A new deal for social housing’, closed on 6 November 2018. We are currently analysing responses, along with feedback from the engagement events which we held with social housing residents.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/02/2019 16:59:15 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1050803

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people made homeless after the fire at Grenfell Tower are still living (1) in hotels, (2) in other forms of temporary accommodation, and (3) with relatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL13226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2019, the latest figures from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea show that a total of 8 households from Grenfell Tower and Walk remain in emergency accommodation out of the 202 households that required rehousing</p><p>The 8 households currently in emergency accommodation include: 3 households living in hotels, 4 households living in serviced apartments and 1 household who is living with friends and family</p><p><br> As of 31 January 2019, a total of 17 households from Grenfell Tower and Walk are currently in high - quality temporary accommodation; with a total of 177 households from Grenfell Tower and Walk having now moved into permanent accommodation</p><p><br> We expect the Council to do whatever is necessary to ensure households can move into permanent homes as swiftly as possible, but to do so sensitively and taking into account individual needs, and are continuing to work closely with the Council to ensure this occurs without unnecessary delay.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/02/2019 16:58:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark