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1141987

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the level of BAME representation on Local Enterprise Partnership boards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	282397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) must be accountable to their area and representative of the communities they serve. The 2018 Government Review – <em>Strengthening Local Enterprise Partnerships</em> – set out what LEPs should themselves do to improve the diversity of Chairs and board members, both in terms of protected characteristics and also in drawing from a more diverse representation of sectors. Through the publication of the National Local Growth Assurance Framework we will hold LEPs to account for achieving that.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 03/09/2019 14:50:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1141996

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Housing: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to strengthen requirements for residential lifts for use by disabled people during a fire to include prevention of smoke inhalation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	282178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government published, on 18 December 2018, a call for evidence to form the basis for a technical review of Approved Document B (Fire Safety). Paragraphs 35 and 36 address means of escape for disabled people and paragraphs 38 to 41 address the issue of smoke and toxicity.</p><p>The call for evidence closed on 15 March 2019. The Department is in the process of reviewing the evidence provided. My Department is also committed to reviewing Approved Document M (Access to and use of buildings) and a key objective is to ensure that these two projects deliver consistent and co-ordinated advice on this important matter.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 15:20:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1142001

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Community Land Trusts and Community Housing: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase funding for (a) community land trusts and (b) co-housing initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	282410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector – of which community land trusts and cohousing initiatives are important parts – offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, it will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the housebuilding sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p><p>The Community Housing Fund aims to support an increase in housing supply in England by increasing the number of additional homes delivered by the community-led housing sector; to provide housing that is affordable at local income levels and remains so in perpetuity; and to deliver a lasting legacy for the community-led housing sector in the form of an effective and financially self-sustaining body of expertise within the house building industry in England.</p><p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. While the programme was launched relatively recently, there is still time for many community-led schemes to access funding and deliver housing, although we appreciate that this will be more difficult for new schemes. All proposals to extend the scheme beyond March 2020 will be given due consideration but decisions on funding for 2020-21 onwards are a matter for the Spending Review, which is due to take place this year.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:36:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1142097

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to hold a roundtable with key representatives from the housing sector who are addressing loneliness, to inform the development of Planning Practice Guidance which will be published to support the recently revised National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>We appointed an external consultant to work with us to develop the design guide and it was agreed that a more interactive workshop approach would be more effective. Therefore, two workshops have been held in which the content of the illustrated design guide, part of the Planning Practice Guidance, was discussed. The discussion was broader than loneliness, but creating inclusive homes and places, which encourage community cohesion and a sense of identity were covered and will be incorporated within the manual.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:32:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142098

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to incorporate tackling loneliness as a theme in regional and national design quality events attended by people from across the sector, including local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>At our National Design Quality Conference in Birmingham in February, the subject of loneliness was tackled in a session on healthy place-making and a case study specifically on tackling loneliness was presented. We also hosted a community vision session with 40 representatives of the Birmingham community in which they discussed designing neighbourhoods to tackle loneliness. We displayed examples of good practice in housing design, many of which were designed to facilitate community engagement at the National Conference. These were also displayed at the Housing 2019 conference in Manchester.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:39:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142099

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to work with local partners, through the Ageing Society Grand Challenge, on how to develop inclusive homes and communities that support people to remain healthy and independent for longer.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Through the Ageing Society Grand Challenge, a £2.5 million competition has been developed. This will reward new ideas that lead to innovation in design and delivery of age friendly housing, that addresses the needs of an ageing population. A team led by the Building Research Establishment has recently been appointed to work with Government as the competition delivery partner and the competition itself is scheduled to be launched in late 2019.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 14:53:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142101

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to include loneliness in measures of design quality, starting with Homes England and other Government programmes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with Homes England to ensure design quality across Government programmes and there is ongoing work to establish how places can be designed to boost people's health and well-being, including tackling loneliness.</p><p>For example, prospective garden communities were required to outline how they would achieve 10 design qualities in their proposals. These qualities help create places that support cohesive communities, and proposals were assessed against these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 14:39:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142102

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Minister for Local Government has made in strengthening the Department's consideration of loneliness as a policy concern.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG is a key member of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Loneliness and is part of the cross-government loneliness team ensuring that loneliness is being embedded into all areas of Departmental policy.</p><p>The new Community Framework: ‘By deeds and their results: how we will strengthen our communities and nation’ <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/by-deeds-and-their-results-strengthening-our-communities-and-nation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/by-deeds-and-their-results-strengthening-our-communities-and-nation</a>, published on 20 July, sets out how the government will work with local and national partners such as businesses, faith institutions, local authorities and volunteer groups to help build stronger, more empowered and integrated communities across England and will address many of the issues highlighted in the Government’s Loneliness strategy.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 14:40:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142145

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to meet the target to end rough-sleeping by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	282381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why this Government committed to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and then eliminate it altogether by 2027. Last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy, set out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>As part of this, the Rough Sleeping Initiative has delivered over 1,750 new bed spaces as well as enabling the areas with the highest levels of rough sleeping to hire more than 500 new staff to focus solely on this issue. The Rapid Rehousing Pathway provides local areas with support to deliver ‘Somewhere Safe to Stay’ hubs, specialist navigators, local lettings agencies and supported lettings. Figures from the Official 2018 Rough Sleeping Snapshot show that the number of people sleeping on our streets on one night in 2018 was 2 per cent lower compared to the previous year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 15:31:24 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1142165

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Islamophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will take steps to adopt the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims' definition of Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	282392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to defining and tackling anti-Muslim hatred. We have appointed Imam Qari Asim MBE, Deputy Chair of the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, to lead a process for establishing a definition jointly with further advisers to be confirmed in due course.</p><p>This new work will draw on a wide range of opinions and work in collaboration with the cross-government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, to ensure that it commands broad support within Muslim communities and wider society.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 12:48:57 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle