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1001451

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold system.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	907448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is very clear that unjust practices in leasehold must come to an end. We have committed to banning new leasehold houses and restricting ground rents on future leases to a peppercorn. We launched our consultation on the details of these proposals on 15 October.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2018 17:28:44 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1001453

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the cost of housing on trends in the level of evictions.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	907454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Government keeps rent levels and numbers of evictions under review. We are taking steps to make renting more affordable and more secure. In the private rented sector, we have recently consulted on overcoming the barriers to longer tenancies and we have committed to ban letting fees and cap tenancy deposits.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2018 17:29:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1002729

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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: Hostels
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 information he holds on the number of hostel beds which have been available to tackle rough sleeping in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	188737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Homeless Link is commissioned by MHCLG to conduct an annual review of hostel bed spaces: in 2017 Homelessness Link reported that there were 35,727 bed spaces. We expect the next review will be released in March 2019. This review has been performed annually since 2008 and the data is publically available. The latest information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/connect/blogs/2017/mar/27/homeless-links-annual-review-of-support-for-single-homeless-people" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/connect/blogs/2017/mar/27/homeless-links-annual-review-of-support-for-single-homeless-people</a></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/11/2018 17:06:05 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

807171

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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: Personal Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what powers the property of a person who is street homeless can be confiscated.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	119819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no powers to confiscate the property of a person who is street homeless on the basis that they are sleeping rough.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2018 15:48:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

808801

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Equality: Impact Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in the integrated impact assessments of (a) Newcastle, (b) Leicester, (c) Newham, (d) Islington and (e) Southwark local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	119910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p>I refer the Hon Member to the response to Question UIN 121866 on 24 January 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 01/02/2018 15:21:32 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

810064

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of time housing association tenants with disabilities or long-term illness spend in care home accommodation while their house is adapted to meet their needs.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120531 120532 120533 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810065

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of housing association tenants with disabilities or long term illness living in care home residencies while their house is adapted to meet their needs.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120532 120533 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810066

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure housing associations in Garston and Halewood constituency have sufficient funding to adapt homes to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities or long-term illness.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120531 120533 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810067

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of funding available for housing associations to ensure homes are adapted to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities or long-term illness.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120531 120532 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810068

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of housing tenants with disabilities or long-term illness in care homes while their home is adapted to meet their needs.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120531 120532 120533 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle