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1183281

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Discrimination
	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 is taking to tackle prejudice against the Asian community in relation to the spread of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	26184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes hate crime and discrimination of any kind very seriously. We are a tolerant and welcoming multicultural society. There is no excuse for targeting British Asian communities or anyone of any other background in this country. We have one of the strongest legal frameworks in the world to report, record and prosecute hate crime. I would encourage anyone who experiences hate crime to report it to the police.</p><p>The Government’s Hate Crime Action Plan, published in October 2018, sets out a comprehensive programme of work across Government and the police. We fund hate crime reporting platforms, including True Vision, and we continue to engage with communities of all backgrounds and local leaders, including councils and the police, to make sure we are aware of any concerns communities may have and can provide targeted support.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/03/2020 16:58:57 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1188693

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Charities: 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, what steps his Department has taken to support charity workers in faith organisations during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	37972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Faith communities have a long history of service supporting many of the most vulnerable members of our society. The rapid response during the current pandemic has been no different. We value the work being done to support those in need.</p><p>Charities can access many of the support measures the Chancellor has announced for businesses, including deferring their VAT bills, paying no business rates on charity shops next year, and furloughing staff with the Government paying 80 per cent of their wages. Further details can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffinancial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSean.Bianco%40communities.gov.uk%7C5d47466958f44f6f3fd708d7e60b8f10%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637230809626631568&amp;sdata=3AHSxkBgcXY%2BD%2B0XSOGOtNhL461a7j%2FxklUUJn3D9vw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p>However, we know that some charities cannot furlough staff as they are contributing to the frontline response. That is why the Chancellor on 9 April announced £750 million of funding for charities providing key frontline services to vulnerable people affected by the pandemic. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities</a></p><p>We will continue to engage with the voluntary and community sector and faith organisations to understand how we can support them to respond to the pressures they may be facing.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2020 14:49:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1188695

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Mosques: 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, what steps his Department is taking to support Mosques with charity work during the month of Ramadan during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	37974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>British Muslims, like many faith communities across the country, have responded during the COVID 19 pandemic to support their neighbours, communities and the most vulnerable. We welcome the Muslim community’s continued contributions to our shared national effort and know this will take on a special meaning during Ramadan.</p><p>The coronavirus pandemic has, however, challenged many parts of our daily life and means that Muslims in the UK and around the world will not be able to mark Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr in the way they would normally do and are instead finding ways to do this virtually, including charitable work, such as fundraising, that would have otherwise been done in person.</p><p>Charities can access many of the support measures the Chancellor has announced for businesses, including deferring their VAT bills, paying no business rates on charity shops next year, and furloughing staff with the Government paying 80 per cent of their wages. Further details can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffinancial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSean.Bianco%40communities.gov.uk%7C5d47466958f44f6f3fd708d7e60b8f10%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637230809626631568&amp;sdata=3AHSxkBgcXY%2BD%2B0XSOGOtNhL461a7j%2FxklUUJn3D9vw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p>However, we know that some charities cannot furlough staff as they are contributing to the frontline response. That is why the Chancellor on 9 April announced £750 million of funding for charities providing key frontline services to vulnerable people affected by the pandemic. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities</a></p><p>The Government continues to engage with a range of faith groups, including Muslim community representatives, to maintain a complete picture of the impact of coronavirus and understand how we can support them to respond to the pressures they may be facing.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2020 14:53:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1196288

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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 funding for the Everyone In initiative will continue for the duration of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	47445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>We have been clear councils must continue to provide safe accommodation for those that need it.</p><p>The latest figures show over 90 per cent of rough sleepers known to councils at the beginning of this crisis have now been made offers of safe accommodation and we have announced Dame Louise Casey will spearhead the next phase of the government’s support for rough sleepers during the pandemic.</p><p>While councils continue to provide accommodation to those that need it, it is only responsible that we work with partners to ensure rough sleepers can move into long-term, safe accommodation once the immediate crisis is over.</p><p>£3.2 billion of additional Government funding has now been made available to help councils respond to coronavirus, including meeting the costs of accommodating some of the most vulnerable people in our society. This is in addition to £3.2 million specifically targeted to help rough sleepers during the coronavirus emergency and the £489 million committed in 2020 to 2021 to help rough sleepers, a £121 million increase in funding from the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 47446 question first answered 20/05/2020 11:40:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1196290

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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 has plans to cease the Everyone In scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	47446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>We have been clear councils must continue to provide safe accommodation for those that need it.</p><p>The latest figures show over 90 per cent of rough sleepers known to councils at the beginning of this crisis have now been made offers of safe accommodation and we have announced Dame Louise Casey will spearhead the next phase of the government’s support for rough sleepers during the pandemic.</p><p>While councils continue to provide accommodation to those that need it, it is only responsible that we work with partners to ensure rough sleepers can move into long-term, safe accommodation once the immediate crisis is over.</p><p>£3.2 billion of additional Government funding has now been made available to help councils respond to coronavirus, including meeting the costs of accommodating some of the most vulnerable people in our society. This is in addition to £3.2 million specifically targeted to help rough sleepers during the coronavirus emergency and the £489 million committed in 2020 to 2021 to help rough sleepers, a £121 million increase in funding from the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 47445 question first answered 20/05/2020 11:40:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1196293

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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, how much funding local authorities are planned to receive from his Department to house homeless populations in (a) hotels, (b) short-term accommodation and (c) move-on accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	47447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>We have made £3.2 billion of additional funding available for local authorities to enable them to respond to COVID-19 pressures across the services they deliver including helping homeless populations. This is in addition to £3.2 million in targeted funding for councils to support vulnerable rough sleepers. We are also continuing our ongoing work to ensure that we deliver the Government’s manifesto commitment to end rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament. We have put in place £489 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over 2020/21. This marks a £121 million, or 33 per cent increase in funding from the previous year.</p><p>As part of this, £112 million was allocated this year for the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI), an increase of £26 million on 2019/20 funding. The Chancellor also announced significant funding at Budget for rough sleeping accommodation (£381 million over 4 years) and substance misuse support (£262 million over 4 years).</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/05/2020 11:42:22 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1196330

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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, what support his Department is providing to people who were made homeless after the lockdown due to the covid-19 outbreak was announced and are ineligible for support under the Everyone In scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	47448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>We are ensuring local authorities are supported, with £3.2 million in targeted funding to help support individuals who are sleeping rough off the streets, and an additional £3.2 billion provided to local authorities as part of the wider government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>This funding has been provided to help local authorities to reduce risks to public health and to support individuals on the basis of need.</p><p>The Government is aware of concerns about those with no recourse to public funds experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended.</p><p>The Government recognises that these are unprecedented times, and expects local authorities to support people who are sleeping rough, and also to minimise unnecessary risks to public health, acting within the law.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/05/2020 11:42:54 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1199084

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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	Mosques: 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 has had discussions with representatives from the Muslim Council of Britain on the safe re-opening of mosques as covid-19 social distancing measures are lifted.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	52458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place with the Muslim Council of Britain regarding the safe reopening of places of worship. The Government has set up a taskforce through which the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has met with national faith leaders to prepare for places of worship to re-open safely at the appropriate time. Membership of the taskforce includes representation from the Muslim community.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/06/2020 13:27:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1200620

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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	Mosques: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 52458 on Religious Buildings: Coronavirus, what steps he is taking to discuss with (a) the Muslim Council of Britain and (b) other major Muslim organisations on the safe re-opening of Mosques.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	55024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>We are currently engaging a broad range of faith communities to discuss the safe re-opening of places of worship through the Places of Worship Taskforce which includes representation from the Muslim community. We currently have no plans to engage with the Muslim Council of Britain.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/06/2020 15:16:49 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1200622

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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	Religious Buildings: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 52457 on Religious Buildings: Coronavirus, what steps he has taken to translate Government guidance into other languages.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	55025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>New guidance will be published shortly to ensure the limited reopening of places of worship can be done safely and in line with social distancing guidelines. The Government is currently considering how best to publish this guidance so it reaches the widest possible audience.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/06/2020 15:17:07 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan