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1145027

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Parking: Private Sector
	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 plans to strengthen local authorities' powers to regulate private car parks.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	287529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities do not currently have powers to regulate private parking. The private parking industry is self-regulating, though the Government has some concerns about the current system and is taking action to improve the situation for motorists. The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 will introduce a new independent code of practice and a single appeals service. We are currently considering options for implementing the Act and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 12:51:08 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1144837

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Private Rented Housing: Vulnerable Adults
	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 9 April 2019 to Question 240482, how many vulnerable people the Private Rented Sector Access Fund has helped to access and sustain tenancies in the private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	286625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>On 1 March 2019 we announced the allocation of £19.5 million to directly fund 66 local authorities through the Private Rented Sector Access Fund.</p><p>Reported outcomes show that as of the end of June 2019, we have supported 1,090 households.</p><p>This fund is just one of a range of housing support measures that the Government has put in place:</p><ul><li>In September 2017 the Government announced the Homelessness Advice and Support Team (HAST), a team of expert advisers that provides support and assistance to improve homelessness services.</li><li>Government is funding the £40 million London Collaboration Project, which aims at increasing collaboration between London boroughs in the procurement of temporary accommodation for households at risk of homelessness, this will be delivered through the creation of the local government owned company, Capital Letters.</li><li>The Flexible Homelessness Support Grant has allocated £617 million to local authorities over 3 years from 2017/18 to 2019/20, giving them more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures.</li><li>We have provided £72.7 million in new burdens funding for local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.</li><li>The Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, came into force on 3rd April 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 12:50:33 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1144702

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Tees Valley Combined Authority
	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 discussions his Department has had with Tees Valley Combined Authority on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	286863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We have stepped up our preparedness significantly and are speaking regularly to councils and partners, including through a delivery board and a network of nine regional lead chief executives. Every council has designated a Brexit Lead Officer to work with central government to intensify their local preparations and, in total, we have made £77 million available to help local areas get ready for Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 12:49:29 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1144843

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Council Tax: Non-payment
	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 plans he has to remove the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	286630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not have any plans to remove the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax. However, committal to prison should only ever be the last resort in the collection of council tax arrears. Magistrates courts can only commit someone to prison for non-payment of council tax where they are satisfied that the failure to pay is due to their wilful refusal or culpable neglect. The number of committal warrants has been decreasing, with 34 issued in England in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 286631 question first answered 09/09/2019 12:53:47 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1144455

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will increase the level of funding for citizens advice centres in (a) Woking and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are free to spend non-ringfenced funding provided by central government as they see fit to meet local priorities, including citizens advice centres, and are accountable to their local electorate for their spending. We do not provide direct funding for local citizens advice centres.</p><p>Next year’s settlement for local government will respond to the pressures councils are facing by providing access to the largest increase in Core Spending Power (CSP) since 2015. CSP is expected to rise from £46.2 billion to £49.1 billion in 2020-21, an estimated increase of 4.3 per cent in real terms.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2019 12:51:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1143801

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 many local authority applicants there have been to the Rapid rehousing Pathway Early Adopters Funding since October 2018; how much money has been awarded from that fund; and what the average amount was that was awarded to applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	285064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Between October 2018 and March 2019 local authorities were invited to bid for funding for one or more of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway interventions, for their area.</p><p>53 ‘early adopters’ of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway were announced between December 2018 and February 2019, backed by £16 million of funding. This included 11 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs across the country, which have been operational since the spring, helping to provide rapid support to rough sleepers and those at risk.</p><p>As part of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway 2019/20 round, in May 2019 we announced funding of £25 million for a further 108 areas, across all four elements of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway. This included funding for an additional 20 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs.</p><p>In total, and accounting for overlap between the two funding rounds, between December 2018 and May 2019 we announced 137 Rapid Rehousing Pathway areas, backed by £41 million of funding. This, therefore, represents an average award to local authorities of approximately £300,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 285206 285207 question first answered 09/09/2019 12:53:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1143802

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 many local authority applicants there have been to the Rapid Rehousing Pathway Early Adopters Fund 2018-19 since October 2018; how much money has been awarded from that fund; and what the average amount was that was awarded to applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	285206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Between October 2018 and March 2019 local authorities were invited to bid for funding for one or more of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway interventions, for their area.</p><p>53 ‘early adopters’ of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway were announced between December 2018 and February 2019, backed by £16 million of funding. This included 11 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs across the country, which have been operational since the spring, helping to provide rapid support to rough sleepers and those at risk.</p><p>As part of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway 2019/20 round, in May 2019 we announced funding of £25 million for a further 108 areas, across all four elements of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway. This included funding for an additional 20 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs.</p><p>In total, and accounting for overlap between the two funding rounds, between December 2018 and May 2019 we announced 137 Rapid Rehousing Pathway areas, backed by £41 million of funding. This, therefore, represents an average award to local authorities of approximately £300,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 285064 285207 question first answered 09/09/2019 12:53:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1143803

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 many local authority applicants there have been to the Rapid Rehousing Pathway Early Adopters Fund 2019-20 since October 2018; how much money has been awarded from that fund; and what the average amount was that was awarded to applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	285207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Between October 2018 and March 2019 local authorities were invited to bid for funding for one or more of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway interventions, for their area.</p><p>53 ‘early adopters’ of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway were announced between December 2018 and February 2019, backed by £16 million of funding. This included 11 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs across the country, which have been operational since the spring, helping to provide rapid support to rough sleepers and those at risk.</p><p>As part of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway 2019/20 round, in May 2019 we announced funding of £25 million for a further 108 areas, across all four elements of the Rapid Rehousing Pathway. This included funding for an additional 20 Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs.</p><p>In total, and accounting for overlap between the two funding rounds, between December 2018 and May 2019 we announced 137 Rapid Rehousing Pathway areas, backed by £41 million of funding. This, therefore, represents an average award to local authorities of approximately £300,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 285064 285206 question first answered 09/09/2019 12:53:03 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1143353

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	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 discussions he has had with the leader of Lancashire County Council on the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	284824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We have stepped up our preparedness significantly and are speaking regularly to councils and partners, including through a delivery board and a network of nine regional lead chief executives. Every council has designated a Brexit Lead Officer to work with central government to intensify their local preparations and, in total, we have made £77 million available to help local areas get ready for Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/09/2019 15:38:07 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1143898

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	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 discussions his Department has had with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	285446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We have stepped up our preparedness significantly and are speaking regularly to councils and partners, including through a delivery board and a network of nine regional lead chief executives. Every council has designated a Brexit Lead Officer to work with central government to intensify their local preparations and, in total, we have made £77 million available to help local areas get ready for Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/09/2019 15:38:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams