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1050136

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Right to Buy 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, whether he is meeting the Government's commitment to replace homes sold through the council right to buy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	213230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures for the replacement of council homes sold under the Right to Buy can be found in the statistical release <em>Right to Buy Sales in England: July to September 2018</em> , and show a shortfall of 2,501 replacements against additional sales. This is despite an increase in council housebuilding, and an overall net increase in social housing of 79,000 units since 2010. <br> <br> We have taken steps to help councils build more homes, by removing the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap; providing long-term rent stability for social landlords; committing to repeal the legislation in the Housing and Planning Act which, if implemented, would have led to local authorities’ selling off vacant, high value council homes; and, most recently, consulting local authorities on options to afford them greater flexibility in how they can use their Right to Buy receipts to help them build faster.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/02/2019 13:46:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050181

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing an independent guardian or advocate to all unaccompanied children as a means of (a) assisting them with disclosures of modern slavery and (b) preventing them from being exploited or going missing.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	213431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to rolling independent Child Trafficking Advocates (ICTAs) out nationally. Section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which makes provisions for ICTAs, is being considered in the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act, led by Frank Field MP, Maria Miller MP, and Baroness Butler-Sloss. The aim of the review is to identify where the act is working well, what can be improved in the implementation of the Act and whether specific areas of the legislation need to be strengthened.</p><p>The Government will carefully consider any recommendations about ICTAs which come out of the Review ahead of national rollout.</p><p>Unaccompanied children are looked after by the relevant local authority and are entitled to the same services as any other looked after child. Under these arrangements, unaccompanied children will have a professional social worker and an independent reviewing officer to oversee their care arrangements.</p><p>In addition, all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England are referred to the Refugee Council’s Children’s Advice Project and they are also entitled to legal assistance in pursuing their asylum claim. The Government believes that these arrangements ensure unaccompanied children are provided with the independent support and advice that they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213432 question first answered 07/02/2019 13:43:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050182

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the (a) ECPAT UK and Missing People's Still in Harm's Way report which found that one quarter of child trafficking victims and 15 per cent of unaccompanied children went missing from care in 2017 and (b) recommendation in that report on providing independent guardianship for all unaccompanied children.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	213432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to rolling independent Child Trafficking Advocates (ICTAs) out nationally. Section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which makes provisions for ICTAs, is being considered in the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act, led by Frank Field MP, Maria Miller MP, and Baroness Butler-Sloss. The aim of the review is to identify where the act is working well, what can be improved in the implementation of the Act and whether specific areas of the legislation need to be strengthened.</p><p>The Government will carefully consider any recommendations about ICTAs which come out of the Review ahead of national rollout.</p><p>Unaccompanied children are looked after by the relevant local authority and are entitled to the same services as any other looked after child. Under these arrangements, unaccompanied children will have a professional social worker and an independent reviewing officer to oversee their care arrangements.</p><p>In addition, all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England are referred to the Refugee Council’s Children’s Advice Project and they are also entitled to legal assistance in pursuing their asylum claim. The Government believes that these arrangements ensure unaccompanied children are provided with the independent support and advice that they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 213431 question first answered 07/02/2019 13:43:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1050295

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Trade Associations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which his Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	213183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>No Home Office regulatory functions are currently undertaken by trade associations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 13:40:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1049586

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in assessing offers to act as foster parents for incoming unaccompanied children; and what steps are being taken to link Community Sponsorship groups with approved fosterers of unaccompanied children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL13172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the vital role of foster carers in looking after unaccompanied children. Any prospective foster carer must be assessed and approved by an Ofsted registered fostering agency or local authority. The government’s Controlling Migration Fund has provided over £3.7 million funding to 15 local authorities who asked for funding to recruit and train foster carers for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The Department for Education has also commissioned training places for 1000 foster carers of unaccompanied children.</p><p>As the community sponsorship scheme is designed to enable local community groups to directly welcome and support resettled refugee families and not unaccompanied children under the Vulnerable Persons and Children’s Resettlement schemes, no link to approved foster carers of unaccompanied children has been made by central government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 07/02/2019 11:49:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton