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717231

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the affect on homeless families from London of being housed significant distances outside the capital away from their friends and families.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities must secure accommodation within their own district so far as is reasonably practicable. Where it is not possible to secure accommodation within their district and an authority has secured accommodation outside their district, the authority is required to take into account the distance of that accommodation from the district of the authority. Authorities should try to secure accommodation that is as close as possible to where an applicant was previously living. Councils must also take into account the impact a change in location would have on a household, including the possible disruption to peoples’ jobs and children’s schooling.</p><p>The Department collects data on the number of out of district placements, by local authority, under the interim duty to accommodate whilst making enquiries etc. and under the duty to secure temporary accommodation whilst awaiting settled accommodation. This is available in (attached)Table 775 at:</p><p><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 printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/04/2017 11:34:35 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 170406 Copy of Statutory_Homelessness_and_Prevention_and_Relief_Live_Tables_201612- HL6532.xls title Table 775
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

717232

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Housing: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their most recent assessment of the financial implications for London borough councils of housing families without access to public funds, and what plans they have to make additional funds available to these authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL6533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>Our 2015 Spending Review took account of the costs to councils of supporting families with no recourse to public funds, and set out a sustainable basis for local authorities to discharge their functions. Councils in England will receive more than £200 billion for local services over this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/04/2017 12:54:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

693071

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Newspaper Press
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 9 February (HL5134), what assessment they have made of the cost of publishing and issuing statutory notices to councils and whether this will be included in their consideration of the findings of the pilot programmes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL5558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual local authorities to negotiate advertising rates with local newspapers. My department has not made a specific assessment of the cost to councils of publishing and issuing statutory notices but findings of the pilot programmes, including about costs, are being carefully considered.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL5559 question first answered 06/03/2017 11:58:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

693072

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Newspaper Press
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that local authorities which have only one local newspaper in their area for the purposes of publishing statutory notices will be protected from uncompetitive practices, such as high increases in the cost of publishing those notices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL5559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual local authorities to negotiate advertising rates with local newspapers. My department has not made a specific assessment of the cost to councils of publishing and issuing statutory notices but findings of the pilot programmes, including about costs, are being carefully considered.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL5558 question first answered 06/03/2017 11:58:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

681821

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Newspaper Press
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 January (HL4428), what is the timeframe for their decision on how to respond to the findings of the pilot programmes; and whether the response will be published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL5134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>We will decide how best to respond to the findings of the pilot programmes on statutory notices once we have concluded consideration of those findings.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 09/02/2017 16:51:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

657789

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Environmental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the adequacy of the powers of environmental health officers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL4108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is satisfied that current legislation provides local authorities with the necessary powers to enforce the provisions of food law and local environment regulations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/01/2017 14:19:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

654735

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing Associations: Private Sector
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 30 November (HL3538), what action they are taking to enable the Office for National Statistics to reclassify housing associations to the private sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to returning housing associations to the private sector where they clearly belong. We made changes to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to address controls identified by the Office for National Statistics. Following on from this we will be laying regulations under section 93 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 in the New Year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/12/2016 15:36:59 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

654739

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Community Housing: Cooperatives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last met a co-operative housing provider to discuss the provision of more co-operative housing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to demonstrate its support for the community led housing sector and we encourage community led groups, including housing co-operatives, to apply for funding from the expanded and more flexible Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme. Operational delivery of the programme is delegated to the Homes and Communities Agency and the Greater London Authority and so they will work with individual providers. However, my officials also regularly meet representatives of the community led housing sector, including the Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH), to discuss how they can positively contribute to the delivery of new housing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/12/2016 11:55:57 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

654736

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing and Planning Act 2016
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 29 November (HL 3353), what is the composition of the eight working groups that have been established since the passing of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The eight working groups that have been established since the passing of the Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 are made up of a wide range of stakeholders including industries, Local Government and third sector organisations. The working groups are:</p><ul><li>Starter Homes Working Groups</li><li>Housing Tenure Information Working Group</li><li>Private Rented Sector Electrical Safety Working Group</li><li>Client Money Protection Working Group</li><li>Secure Tenancies Working Group</li><li>The IT Consultative working Group</li><li>DCLG Fraud Working Group</li><li>Income Based Rents for Social Tenants Working Group (no longer in operation)</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/12/2016 17:25:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

654737

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing and Planning Act 2016
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 29 November (HL3354), which organisations have responded to the public consultation since the Housing and Planning Act 2016 came into force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>We have had responses from over 600 organisations to the public consultation since the Housing and Planning Act 2016 came into force, including a range of housing groups, councils, and charities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/12/2016 17:32:11 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark