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1045474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2019
	date	21/01/2019
	date tabled	21/01/2019
	ddp created	21/01/2019 22:39:28
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	22/01/2019 15:35:10 28/01/2019 13:19:02
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	identifier	210428
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 12:47:13
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Serious Fraud Office to undertake investigations into (a) Mukhtar Ablyazov and (b) other cases of large-scale international money laundering.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210428
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210428
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The SFO has sufficient funding to carry out its work. Funding arrangements were reviewed in April 2018 when cost-neutral changes were made to the SFO’s core budget enabling it to work flexibly and efficiently. This allows the SFO to carry out its work, including money laundering investigations that fit within its statutory remit.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 12:47:13
	creator	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1055973

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2019
	date	05/02/2019
	date tabled	05/02/2019
	ddp created	06/02/2019 18:02:47
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 11:45:09 11/02/2019 12:07:03
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	identifier	217441
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 11:35:40
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213932 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands, what the change has been in the number of offences for each crime type in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 217441
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217441
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of offences recorded against crime types. However, the CPS does collect data which reports the number of prosecuted defendants allocated to twelve Principal Offence Categories which is collated in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The tables in Annex A show the number of finalised prosecution outcomes by Principal Offence during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 in the West Midlands CPS Area and in England.</p><p> </p><p>During the 8 year period reported in the table, magistrates’ courts caseload has fallen by 31% and Crown Court caseload by 23% in the West Midlands Area, compared to falls of 47% and 34% respectively across England as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the falling caseload it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted in the West Midlands and England have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The CPS is prosecuting more serious and complex cases in the West Midlands Area as evidenced by a 46% rise in homicide (35% in England), a 34% increase in fraud and forgery (compared to a fall of 17% in England) and a 55% increase in sexual offences cases (26% in England). During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 67% in the Area with a similar fall reflected across England. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 11:35:40
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1041771

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/01/2019
	date	15/01/2019
	date tabled	15/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 20:19:14
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	16/01/2019 17:05:15 23/01/2019 18:03:01
	hansard heading	Coastal Communities Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	208795
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 17:31:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the administration of round five of the coastal communities fund for England, (b) if he will publish the names of those winning bids for that fund, (c) how many complaints he has had about the administration of that fund and (d) how many requests he has had to halt the distribution of those funds.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208795
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208795
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>(a) </strong>A competitive tendering exercise was held to appoint a contractor to help my Department administer Round 5 of the Coastal Communities Fund. This was managed by the Crown Commercial Service under their Grants and Programmes Framework Agreement. Groundwork UK were appointed to the Framework following a rigorous selection process and met all due diligence requirements. They were selected to administer the Round 5 grant application and assessment procedures following further competitive tendering under the Framework. They have demonstrated effectively that they can deliver the detailed administration requirements of the Fund in a fair and unbiased way, drawing on their extensive experience of administering other competitive grant programmes.</p><p><strong>(b) </strong>To date 16 Round 5 ‘fast track’ applications worth £6 million have submitted successful bids to the Fund. A full list of the winning bids can be found at the gov.uk web site using the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding</a>.</p><p>We expect to announce the successful Round 5 main round winners by Spring 2019.</p><p><strong>(c) </strong>and <strong>(d) </strong>Two complaints have been received over the administration of Round 5, one of which also asked that the distribution of funds under Round 5 is halted until an independent audit of the application process is undertaken.</p> question first answered 23/01/2019 17:31:07
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1043712

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2019
	date	18/01/2019
	date tabled	18/01/2019
	ddp created	18/01/2019 15:55:39
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/01/2019 14:35:05 28/01/2019 17:06:01
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	identifier	210048
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 16:34:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce priority housing status for all homeless survivors of domestic abuse in the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210048
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210048
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that nobody should have to suffer. The Government is absolutely committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse and their families.</p><p>A victim of domestic abuse already has priority need under the homelessness legislation if they are vulnerable as a result of having to leave accommodation because of violence from another person, or threats of violence from another person that are likely to be carried out.</p><p>In addition, people who are homeless or owed a duty under the homelessness legislation must be given reasonable preference (priority) for social housing. Statutory guidance issued in 2012 goes further and makes it clear that local authorities should consider giving additional preference (high priority) to those who are homeless and require urgent rehousing as a result of domestic abuse.</p><p>The Department has no plans currently to change the definition of priority need or reasonable preference.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 16:34:46
	creator	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1045887

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2019
	date	22/01/2019
	date tabled	22/01/2019
	ddp created	22/01/2019 19:54:57
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	23/01/2019 15:45:07 30/01/2019 11:33:02
	hansard heading	Building Regulations: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	211196
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/01/2019 11:01:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking in response to the recommendations of the ninth report of the Women and Equalities Committee on Building for Equality, published on 25 April 2017, HC 631, on increasing and enforcing minimum accessibility standards; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211196
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211196
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Building Regulations Advisory Committee is currently defining the scope of a review into the Building Regulations’ requirements for access in Approved Document M (Access to and Use of Buildings), including the effectiveness of current standards both in relation to housing and other buildings.</p> question first answered 30/01/2019 11:01:31
	creator	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1045958

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2019
	date	22/01/2019
	date tabled	22/01/2019
	ddp created	22/01/2019 19:57:53
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	23/01/2019 15:45:17 28/01/2019 17:30:09
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Homelessness
	house id	1
	identifier	211106
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 16:58:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many properties owned by private landlords have received funding from local authorities to house people who are homeless in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211106
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211106
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect information on payments made by local authorities to landlords. Information is collected on the number of new private social housing lets made to applicants who are statutorily homeless in table 3f of the CORE summary tables accompanying the annual release. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2017-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april2017-to-march-2018</a>.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 16:58:47
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050103

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2019
	date	28/01/2019
	date tabled	28/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 00:29:41
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	29/01/2019 15:25:14 05/02/2019 14:25:02
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Leicester
	house id	1
	identifier	213220
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/02/2019 13:53:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeless in Leicester in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 213220
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213220
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Concerning homelessness, latest data suggests that for the following financial years the numbers of households which had a main duty acceptance in Leicester are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>108</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National breakdowns are available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764201/Table_784_2017_18.xlsx" target="_blank">Table 784: local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Acts, financial years 2004-05 to 2017-18 (revised)</a>.</p><p>There is a difference between those defined as homeless and those considered rough sleepers, statistics of which were released on 31 January 2019. Rough sleepers are those people sleeping, about to bed down, or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents or in bus shelters) - as well as people in buildings or other places not designed for habitation.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough in England are conducted in autumn every year. All figures are independently verified by Homeless Link. The most recent data from the autumn 2018 annual street count and estimate returned a total figure of 4,677 rough sleepers, a decrease of 2 per cent from 2017.</p><p>From 2015-2018 Leicester have reported the following as their number of rough sleepers:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National breakdowns are available here:<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/775036/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/775036/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> question first answered 05/02/2019 13:53:17
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1050201

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/01/2019
	date	28/01/2019
	date tabled	28/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 00:34:00
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	30/01/2019 11:15:08 31/01/2019 14:54:01
	hansard heading	Community Assets: Ownership
	house id	1
	identifier	213374
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/01/2019 14:23:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 54 of the Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what progress his Department has made on issuing revised guidance to help communities take ownership of local assets.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 213374
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213374
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department is currently consulting with civil society partners on the development of a Community Guide to Action and hope to be able to publish this in the summer. This is in addition to supporting the online platform “My Community” to provide detailed advice to voluntary and community groups interested in taking assets into community ownership and “Keep It In The Community” to ensure that more community groups are able to identify local assets of community value.</p><p>Organisations such as Sport England, Heritage Lottery Fund, and Power to Change also provide comprehensive and bespoke advice, ensuring community groups have access to the knowledge and networks which encourage the community ownership of assets.</p> question first answered 31/01/2019 14:23:00
	creator	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1050384

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/01/2019
	date	29/01/2019
	date tabled	29/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 19:40:21
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	31/01/2019 10:25:08 05/02/2019 13:53:03
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	identifier	213955
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/02/2019 13:21:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the publication of the recommendations of the consultation entitled, Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease, published by the Law Commission in September 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 213955
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213955
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Law Commission's consultation entitled 'Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease' closed on 7 January 2019. We are informed that the Commission has received numerous, and detailed, responses to the consultation which will require detailed analysis to inform the final report and recommendations. The expected date for the publication of the final report is Summer 2019. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government continue to discuss the timetable for the remainder of the project with the Law Commission.</p> question first answered 05/02/2019 13:21:26
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1050583

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/02/2019
	date	29/01/2019
	date tabled	29/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 19:49:25
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	30/01/2019 14:45:09 04/02/2019 16:30:07
	hansard heading	Council Tax
	house id	1
	identifier	214124
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/02/2019 15:58:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will increase funding to councils to support the provision of council tax support.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 214124
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214124
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Councils are responsible for designing schemes that deliver an appropriate level of council tax support that reflect the circumstances in their area. Funding for local council tax support is provided, unringfenced, through the local government finance settlement. Councils will have access to £46.4 billion of funding next year – a 2.8 per cent increase from 2018-19.</p> question first answered 04/02/2019 15:58:17
	creator	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern