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1216020

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date	22/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 he will publish the letter sent from the Minister for Homelessness to local authorities on 28 May 2020 on the moving on phase of accommodating rough sleepers who have been offered emergency accommodation as part of the covid-19 response; and if he will publish the Government’s advice to councils on their duties to provide emergency accommodation to rough sleepers and those becoming homeless during that outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The letter sent from the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing to local authorities on 28 May 2020 can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-letter-sent-on-28-may-2020-to-councils-about-accommodating-rough-sleepers&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJozef.Krywko%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb4e7ed9e69d646d5a55808d8191f38c4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637286969164677109&amp;sdata=moH9UtElEXW7azwkKUwRMOt4rPCIhVTiAylB16Lo9Qg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-letter-sent-on-28-may-2020-to-councils-about-accommodating-rough-sleepers</a></p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government will continue to work collaboratively across government, and with councils, health providers and charities, to ensure rough sleepers can move into safe accommodation once the immediate crisis is over.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 30/06/2020 13:09:22 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1216021

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Homelessness: Coronavirus
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 his Department plans to publish further guidance to local authorities on how they should be accommodating (a) rough sleepers and (b) homeless people and families as part of the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG and our team of Expert Advisers are working closely with local authorities to inform and co-produce their ‘next steps’ plans, identifying local solutions for those individuals currently in hotels and other emergency accommodation. We have recently announced new funding, set out below, to help to resource these ‘next steps’ efforts and we will shortly be publishing detailed guidance to support local authorities to develop and bring forward proposals to the fund.</p><p>On 24 June, we announced that we are providing local authorities with a further £105 million to enable them to best support the c15,000 people placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This commitment will help to ensure that as few of these people as possible return to the streets, by helping to secure tenancies, as well as provide short-term housing while plans for long-term homes continue at pace for those accommodated throughout the pandemic. The funding will cover a range of interventions, from moves into the private rented sector, to extending or procuring interim accommodation, such as hotels or student accommodation, and supporting individuals to reconnect with friends or family.</p><p>This funding is on top of the £433m that we announced on 24 May to provide thousands of additional long-term homes for vulnerable rough sleepers. Homes England, in partnership with MHCLG, have pledged to work hand in hand with leading Housing Associations and local authorities to deliver this. Further detailed information on the process to allocate this funding is being co-produced with partners and will be published in due course.</p><p>There are no current plans to change the statutory homelessness duties, beyond the extension of automatic priority need to domestic abuse victims, which the Secretary of State announced on 2 May. Local authorities’ duties include those under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 to seek to prevent and relieve homelessness for all eligible households, as well as responsibilities under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 to provide suitable accommodation for homeless households that are eligible, have a priority need for accommodation and are not homeless intentionally.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 30/06/2020 13:10:36 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1216022

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Homelessness: Coronavirus
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 allocate additional funding to local housing authorities to help those authorities procure accommodation for (a) rough sleepers and (b) homeless people and families as part of the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>On 24 May we announced radical plans to provide thousands of long-term, safe homes for vulnerable rough sleepers taken off the streets during this pandemic. This commitment will be backed by £160 million this year through accelerating plans for the £381 million announced for rough sleeping services at Budget, bringing the total to £433 million over the lifetime of this parliament. The Government is increasing the revenue support of the total programme by 37 per cent to make sure that the rough sleepers have the support they need to stay off the streets for good. This funding will support up to 6,000 rough sleepers into longer term accommodation, with 3,300 units of this accommodation becoming available in the next 12 months. Homes England, in partnership with MHCLG, have pledged to work hand-in-hand with leading housing associations and local authorities to deliver this.</p><p>On 24 June an additional £105 million was announced for local authorities to enable them to best support the c15,000 people placed into emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding is on top of the £433 million announced on the 24 May. Together, these funding streams will enable us to deliver a comprehensive Next Steps and Recover Strategy which will support thousands of individuals to stay safe during the pandemic and ultimately to turn their lives around. Further detailed information on the process to allocate funding is being co-produced with partners and will be published in due course.</p><p>Both before and during the pandemic the Government has also put in place significant funding to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over 2020/21, including:</p><ul><li>£112 million was allocated this year for the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI), an increase of £26 million on 2019/20 funding. We will work with areas to consider how the RSI work will change to reflect the different levels of need and response needed as a result of COVID-19.</li><li>£3.2 billion has been provided to support councils to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which includes providing support for vulnerable rough sleepers.</li><li>This is in addition to £3.2 million in targeted funding for councils to support vulnerable rough sleepers.</li></ul><p>For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments are available. There is already £180 million in Discretionary Housing Payments available for local authorities to distribute for supporting renters with housing costs in 2020/21 including an additional £40 million to tackle affordability pressures in the private rented sector. We have increased the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants so that they are set at the 30th percentile of market rents. This is an important policy that will benefit 1.6 million people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/06/2020 14:17:04 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1203408

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Homelessness: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of covid-19 testing facilities for homelessness accommodation providers.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	903195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with the DHSC and are committed to the safety of homelessness accommodation. Anyone showing symptoms of COVID-19 can access testing and symptomatic frontline homelessness staff can be tested as a priority, so they can continue their important work.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/06/2020 08:31:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron