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1090924

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a one per cent surcharge on non-UK resident homebuyers on trends in the level of (a) homelessness and (b) affordable housing provision.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	233570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the potential impact of a one per cent surcharge on non-UK resident home buyers on the trends in the level of homelessness or affordable housing provision. This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets 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. Already, this has provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff – this means there are more people in warm beds tonight as direct result of government funding.</p><p>In all, the Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/03/2019 14:33:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1078556

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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 estimate his Department has made of the total spending under the Rough Sleeping Initiative in each month in the financial year 2018-19 in (a) London Boroughs and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	226713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets 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. Already, this has provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff– this means there are more people in warm beds tonight as direct result of government funding. In all, the Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Initiative programme is led by a multi-disciplinary team that includes MHCLG civil servants, expert rough sleeping advisers, seconded from the homelessness sector, and specialist advisers from across government who provide including health, prisons and probation and care leavers. The expert rough sleeping advisers are funded by MHCLG and the specialist advisers are funded by their own departments.</p><p>Rough Sleeping Initiative payments are not issued monthly. The table below highlights the amount of funding allocated to local authorities in 2018/19:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) Programme</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSI Main Grant - 6th July</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Boroughs</p></td><td><p>£7,792,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London Authority</p></td><td><p>£3,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authorities - England</p></td><td><p>£18,879,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sub Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£29,971,544</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expert rough sleeping advisers</p></td><td><p>£424,575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cold Weather Payments - Feb</p></td><td><p>£23,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£30,419,362</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A list of provisional local authority funding allocations can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-allocated-for-councils-to-help-rough-sleepers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-allocated-for-councils-to-help-rough-sleepers</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/03/2019 17:05:52 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1078559

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Homelessness: Greater London
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 his Department has to reduce homelessness in London.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	226716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping, which is why we have now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle it over the spending review period, including the £75 million Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI). We are particularly encouraged that across the 83 RSI areas rough sleeping numbers have fallen by almost a fifth. In its first year, councils have used the investment to create an additional 1,750 beds and 500 rough sleeping support staff this means there are more people in warm beds tonight as a direct result of government funding</p><p>London is undoubtedly the most challenging area in terms of rough sleeping. The RSI has provided a total of £7.8 million funding to 22 London boroughs in 2018/19 to support rough sleepers off the streets. £9.4 million has provisionally been allocated for 2019/20. The RSI also directly funds the Greater London Authority (GLA) and has provided £3.3 million for 2018/19. Among other things, this has funded the expansion London Street Rescue outreach, floating assessment hubs that tackle specific problem areas, additional staging post accommodation to aid people in their journey away from rough sleeping, as well as a winter night shelter fund and staff to help people with mental health issues. We have provisionally allocated £2.9 million of RSI funding to the GLA for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/03/2019 17:04:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1051444

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
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 his Department has made of the number of victims of domestic abuse entering (a) refuges, (b) temporary accommodation and (c) homelessness in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	214655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We are overhauling the statutory homelessness data collection alongside the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act. This will give us better insights into the causes of homelessness and the support people need, including where someone is accepted as homeless because they were vulnerable as a result of having fled their home because of domestic violence or the threat of domestic violence, alongside other reasons for acceptance.</p><p>Since 2015 we have also provided over £1 million to Women’s Aid for two projects, Routes to Support and No Woman Turned Away. Routes to Support (formerly UK Refuges Online) is part-funded by the Government and is a UK-wide online database containing information about domestic abuse and other violence against women services, including refuge. No Woman Turned Away provides additional caseworker support to women facing difficulties in accessing refuge, including victims with children. We are continuing to fund these vital projects to 2020.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of victims of domestic abuse entering refuges, temporary accommodation and homelessness in each year since 2013.</p><p>However, we do hold data for the numbers of households who have been accepted as owed a homelessness duty, where the main reason for the loss of a last settled home was due to a violent relationship breakdown with a partner. Please find a table with a breakdown of figures for the financial years 2012/13 to 2017/18 below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Households found to be eligible for assistance, whose reason for loss of last settled home is due to violent relationship breakdown with their partner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,810</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime that nobody should have to suffer. Supporting victims of domestic abuse is an absolute priority for this Government. Councils have a legal duty to provide accommodation to families and others who are vulnerable as a result of fleeing domestic abuse. The Homelessness Reduction Act requires councils to take reasonable steps for all eligible households who are homeless, to help them secure accommodation.These statistics are available for each local authority area, and previous years at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/02/2019 17:58:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1051445

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Homelessness: Domestic Abuse
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 his Department has made of the number of victims of domestic abuse who are (a) homeless and (b) sleeping rough in (i) London and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	214656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime that nobody should have to suffer. Supporting victims of domestic abuse is an absolute priority for this Government. Councils have a legal duty to provide accommodation to families and others who are vulnerable as a result of fleeing domestic abuse. The Homelessness Reduction Act requires councils to take reasonable steps for all eligible households who are homeless, to help them secure accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We have overhauled the statutory homelessness data collection alongside the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act. This will give us better insights into the causes of homelessness and the support people need, including where someone is accepted as homeless because they were vulnerable as a result of having fled their home because of domestic violence or the threat of domestic violence, alongside other reasons for acceptance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of victims of domestic abuse who have slept rough or are homeless in London and England.</p><p> </p><p>However, we do hold data for the numbers of households who have been accepted as owed a homelessness duty, where the main reason for the loss of a last settled home was due to a violent relationship breakdown with a partner. These statistics are available for each local authority area, and previous years at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#statutory-homelessness-live-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#statutory-homelessness-live-tables</a>.</p><p> </p><p>London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN), a multi-agency database recording information about rough sleepers and the wider street population in London, records new rough sleepers' reasons for leaving their last settled base prior to first being seen rough sleeping. In 2017/18, 90 people left their last settled base because they were a victim of violence, harassment or abuse. These statistics are available at:</p><p><a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/02/2019 17:01:41 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1051446

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the section 2.2.2 of the draft Domestic Abuse Bill, when his Department plans to report on its review into local commissioning of domestic abuse services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	214657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>As referenced in Section 2.2.2 of the Government’s Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse: Consultation Response and Draft Bill, my department has carried out a full review of the funding and commissioning of domestic abuse services in England, available at; (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-consultation-response-and-draft-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-consultation-response-and-draft-bill</a>). This has been informed by engagement with domestic abuse organisations and local authorities, as well as an audit, run by Ipsos MORI, of provision of domestic abuse services across England.</p><p>We continue to work with the Domestic Abuse Sector and local authorities, drawing on their expertise and data, as we develop future, sustainable delivery of support to victims of domestic abuse and their children in a range of safe accommodation based services.</p><p>I will be reporting on the outcomes of the review soon. Following our work with Ipsos MORI and academics to review the findings from the audit, a report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/02/2019 16:58:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1051447

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 2.2.3 of the draft Domestic Abuse Bill, what the timetable and scope will be of the Whole Housing Partnership Project pilot.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	214658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm that the Whole Housing Partnership Project was one of the 63 successful projects to receive a share of my Department’s £22 million fund for Domestic Abuse Services. It has been awarded £1,478,000 to cover the 2018-20 period. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-for-projects-to-support-domestic-abuse-survivors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-for-projects-to-support-domestic-abuse-survivors</a>.</p><p>Westminster City Council’s partnership bid will deliver individual support to victims and their children in a range of safe accommodation, including private housing, social housing, and refuges, across two geographical areas; the Tri-boroughs of London (Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham) and the seven District and City Councils from Cambridgeshire.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/02/2019 15:57:20 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

994588

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the news release entitled Nationwide highlights lottery of experiences on private tenancy deposits - and calls for more pragmatic approach, published by Nationwide Building Society on 20 October, what plans his Department has to ensure that deposits are returned in an efficient and timely manner as a result of that organisation's finding that 18 per cent of tenants wait more than three months for deposit returns.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	183961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the Housing Act 2004, all deposits taken with assured shorthold tenancies since 6 April 2007 must be protected in a Government-approved tenancy deposit scheme within 30 days. In the vast majority of cases the deposit can be returned promptly as the landlord and tenant are able to agree deductions from the deposit. Deposits should be returned within 10 days of the tenant requesting it if held in the insured scheme, and within 10 days of the landlord and tenant agreeing deductions in the custodial scheme. It can take longer if they cannot agree and need to use the free dispute resolutions services provided by the deposit schemes. Only 1.5 per cent of cases go to formal dispute. The YouGov survey referenced in the news release asked about the worst experience tenants had ever had and so is not representative of the normal experience for tenants.</p><p>The current system works well but we are reviewing whether improvements can be made to the deposit protection model through the Tenancy Deposit Protection Working Group. Nationwide is a member of the Working Group which will look at the process at the end of tenancy and dispute resolution, as well as exploring whether deposit passporting can improve affordability by helping tenants who have to pay a deposit to their new landlord before they receive their current deposit back.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/10/2018 13:32:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

987925

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the further consultation on LGBT+ rough sleepers in section 81, page 32 of his Department's Rough Sleeping Strategy, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have been consulted.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	179267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that the experiences of LGBT people, particularly young people, may lead to homelessness in too many cases, and understand that LGBT people who find themselves homeless may have a different experience of homelessness. However, we know we need to better understand this issue. That is why we committed to undertaking research with the Government Equalities Office in order to understand the nature and scale of LGBT homelessness and individuals’ experience of services while homeless.</p><p>We are still developing plans for the research and through this process we will engage with a range of specialist organisations, experts and people with lived experience. Based on findings, we will set out further concrete steps to address the issues of LGBT homelessness in the first yearly refresh of the strategy.</p><p>We are taking the first steps to ensure that LGBT people who find themselves homeless receive the support they need by providing training and non-statutory guidance to frontline staff so they can best support the needs of LGBT individuals presenting as homeless.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/10/2018 13:13:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

985755

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department plans to make available to local authorities to support rough sleepers during winter 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	178360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>In March this year, we announced the Rough Sleeping Initiative, which provided £30 million to 83 local authorities with high levels of rough sleeping. This represents a significant increase in support local authorities are able to offer people now and also those at risk this coming winter.</p><p>This funding will go towards over 500 new dedicated homelessness workers and an additional 1,750 bed spaces. We expect this additional provision to be fully in place before the beginning of the winter period.</p><p>To support local authorities to prepare for cold weather, Homeless Link provide guidance on the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP), which can be found on their website at the following link: <a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision</a>.</p><p>It is our expectation that local authorities will work together with partners to provide basic emergency accommodation to minimise the risk of harm to individuals when the temperature drops.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/10/2018 14:23:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes