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1309958

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	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	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to tackle regional inequality.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	914322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Government is tackling regional inequality through our commitment to level up all corners of the United Kingdom. Our actions include establishing the Levelling up Fund; the UK Community Renewal Fund; the Community Ownership Fund; creating Freeports whilst empowering our regions by devolving money, resources and control away from Westminster.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government has also committed over £35 billion to help councils support their communities and local businesses during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 914330 question first answered 19/04/2021 16:35:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1307076

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	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 he has made of the extent of landlords and private letting agents refusing prospective tenants who are in receipt of support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	179067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information but there is no reason landlords or letting agents should be refusing tenants outright on the basis of being furloughed.</p><p>The Government has put in place an unprecedented financial package, which supports renters and helps them to afford their housing costs. This includes support for businesses to pay staff salaries through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has now been extended until the end of September 2021.</p><p>A letting agent is free to carry out any referencing checks within the law as they deem appropriate before accepting a new tenant. This may include income requirements or the need for a guarantor, depending on the decision of the individual landlord.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/04/2021 15:15:57 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1254157

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Night Shelters: 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 5 November 2020 to Question 105417 on Night Shelters: Coronavirus, what written advice he received from Public Health England during the production of the operating principles for night shelters or as part of the Night Shelter working group; and if he will publish that advice.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	118518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer to question 105417 on 5 November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 25/11/2020 17:42:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1254158

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Night Shelters: 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 5 November 2020 to Question 105417 on Night Shelters: Coronavirus, if will publish the membership of the Night Shelter Working Group; and how many times that group has met in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	118519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>We worked closely with Public Health England (PHE) to provide Operating Principles for the sector, to help them open shelters as safely as possible where necessary, when self-contained accommodation cannot be made available and when local partners agree that it’s the right thing to do.</p><p>The Night Shelter Working Group membership included representation from PHE, the Department of Health and Social Care, Housing Justice, and Homeless Link. This group has been meeting regularly during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 25/11/2020 17:43:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1254160

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Night Shelters: 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 5 November 2020 to Question 105417 on Night Shelters: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the cost per night shelter of transforming their traditional models to be covid-19-secure.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	118520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>We worked closely with Public Health England (PHE) to provide Operating Principles for the sector, to help them open shelters as safely as possible where necessary, when self-contained accommodation cannot be made available and when local partners agree that it’s the right thing to do.</p><p>Faith and community groups provide a range of services through winter months and the costs associated with making changes to operate in a Covid-19 secure way may vary. We have announced funding that will give local areas the tools they need to support vulnerable rough sleepers this winter. Our £10 million Cold Weather Fund is available to all local authorities to help them to bring forward self-contained accommodation and to support rough sleepers off the streets. Meanwhile, our £2 million Transformation Fund will help move the faith and community sector a more innovative and Covid-secure options for those who use shelters.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 25/11/2020 17:44:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1252918

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2020 to Question 114247 from the hon Member for Bristol West on Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus, whether his Department has decided on the allocation of (a) £15 million funding through the Protect Programme and (b) £10 million funding through the Cold Weather Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	116463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer to PQ 114247 on 16 November.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/11/2020 15:06:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1168972

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2020
	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	Buildings: Insulation
	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 made an assessment of the potential effectiveness of extending the December 2019 deadline for applications to the private sector ACM cladding remediation fund; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is to enable residents to be safe and feel safe in their homes. We upheld the 31 December application deadline for the private sector Aluminium Composite Material cladding remediation fund in order to maintain pressure on the pace of remediation. Unless there are exceptional circumstances to justify a delay in making an application, those responsible for buildings should expect further action to be taken – including naming and shaming and enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/01/2020 17:23:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1147999

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance 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, whether his Department is responsible for allocating funding for local welfare assistance schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	293546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for funding for local welfare provision was passed over from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) from April 2013. The MHCLG would lead on any changes in allocation with input from the DWP.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/10/2019 14:12:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 137981 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1140759

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to local authorities for adult social services.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	912091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government has recognised the pressures faced by adult social services and has provided councils with access to an additional £10 billion of dedicated funding for adult social care in the three years to 2019-20.</p><p>Future levels of funding will be settled in the Spending Review, where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/07/2019 16:04:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

846077

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists
	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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of people on waiting lists for social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	128785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of households on local authority waiting lists has reduced by over 33 per cent from 1.74 million in 2010 to 1.16 million in 2017. We have given local authorities flexibility to manage their waiting lists, alongside action we have taken to build more affordable homes.</p><p>We are supporting social landlords to build even more homes, including homes for social rent for those in housing need who are currently waiting. Since 2010, we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes, including over 257,000 affordable homes for rent. We have recently announced an additional £2 billion funding for our flexible Affordable Homes Programme, increasing the budget to over £9 billion.</p><p>We are also undertaking a wide-ranging review of issues affecting social housing and intend to publish a Green Paper in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/02/2018 16:26:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield