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1063842

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 11:42:16
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 16:37:14 21/02/2019 12:12:02
	hansard heading	Christianity: Oppression
	house id	1
	identifier	222847
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 11:37:35
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what humanitarian support the Church of England provides to people overseas that are persecuted for their Christian beliefs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222847
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222847
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Anglican mission agencies work with and alongside Churches and partners across the Anglican Communion as they live out God’s mission in often hostile environments. This work is complemented by the web of diocesan companion links that twin Church of England dioceses with other parts of the Communion. These relationships are valuable instruments by which the Church of England provides practical support to those that are facing restriction and hostility as a result of their faith.</p> question first answered 21/02/2019 11:37:35
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121340

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/04/2019
	date	11/04/2019
	date tabled	11/04/2019
	ddp created	11/04/2019 17:45:35
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	11/04/2019 17:55:20 23/04/2019 07:51:06
	hansard heading	Churches: Community Development
	house id	1
	identifier	244093
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/04/2019 07:18:10
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations she has received on the use of church facilities for community purposes at times when worship or church events are not taking place.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 244093
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	244093
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Church of England encourages its churches to consider making wider, more imaginative and more strategic use of their buildings, where this will help them to fulfil their purpose of being a Christian presence in every community. There is national guidance on selecting the right legal and funding model to develop church buildings for uses beyond worship, whether that is to tackle issues of social justice, or for a commercial partnership. Individual decisions on what is right for particular churches and communities are made by parishes.</p><p>National guidance is available here, along with a number of case studies: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/sharing-your-building" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/sharing-your-building</a></p><p>The Diocese of Hereford has produced a comprehensive resource on developing church buildings for additional uses, called Crossing the Threshold, available here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/making-changes-your-building-and-churchyard" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/making-changes-your-building-and-churchyard</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/04/2019 07:18:10
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1083604

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2019
	date	07/03/2019
	date tabled	07/03/2019
	ddp created	07/03/2019 18:13:01
	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	07/03/2019 18:28:14 14/03/2019 17:42:03
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	229766
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/03/2019 17:10:09
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on weight given to victim statements under the unduly lenient sentencing scheme.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 229766
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229766
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Making a personal statement gives a victim of crime a voice in the criminal justice system. It enables them to explain the impact the crime has had on them in their own words so that it can be taken into account when an offender is sentenced.</p><p>The weight to be given to the impact a crime has had on a victim is a matter of discretion for the sentencing judge and will vary from case to case. It is one of several factors that the sentence judge will have to consider.</p><p>Where the case is one within the unduly lenient sentencing scheme and the a Law Officer considers that the sentencing judge has not given proper weight to the impact a crime has had on the victim, then they may decide to refer the case to the Court of Appeal as being potentially unduly lenient.</p> question first answered 14/03/2019 17:10:09
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1064675

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	21/02/2019
	date tabled	21/02/2019
	ddp created	21/02/2019 16:10:06
	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	21/02/2019 16:15:50 28/02/2019 13:25:05
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	224333
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2019 12:53:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what housing support his Department provides to people over 55.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 224333
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224333
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of local funding for support services for vulnerable people including those over 55.</p><p>The funding for housing related support services is subsumed within the local government finance settlement. This funding was ring-fenced until 2009, when the ring-fence was removed thus allowing all local authorities to manage funding according to local priorities. It is up to local authorities to decide which services they wish to fund.</p><p>We are currently undertaking a review of housing related-support, to help us better understand how housing and support fit together. The review will give us a fuller picture into how housing-related support is provided for supported housing across England.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) can also support all eligible, including older, people to adapt their homes, to make them safe and suitable for their needs. Since 2012-13, the Government has invested more than £2.2 billion into the Grant, providing around 280,000 adaptations by the end of 2018-19. The grant has more than doubled from £220 million in 2015-16 to £505 million in 2019-20. The DFG is ring-fenced ensuring local authorities are providing necessary adaptations and not re-purposing it elsewhere.</p> question first answered 28/02/2019 12:53:26
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1105986

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2019
	date	28/03/2019
	date tabled	28/03/2019
	ddp created	28/03/2019 20:14:25
	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	02/04/2019 10:16:16 04/04/2019 14:20:50
	hansard heading	Churches: Easter
	house id	1
	identifier	238341
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/04/2019 13:45:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local councils on grants for Easter community events held in or by churches.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 238341
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238341
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not had discussions with local councils on grants for Easter community events held in or by churches. More broadly, the Department encourages local authorities to consider supporting local community events. This includes the MHCLG-funded Near Neighbours programme which provides small grants to local communities to encourage people to come together to break down barriers, including funding events centred around a religious festival.</p> question first answered 04/04/2019 13:45:58
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123835

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2019
	date	30/04/2019
	date tabled	30/04/2019
	ddp created	30/04/2019 17:09:35
	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	30/04/2019 17:16:30 09/05/2019 13:52:05
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	249298
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 13:20:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the provision of specialist housing for older people in relation to the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249298
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249298
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123836

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2019
	date	30/04/2019
	date tabled	30/04/2019
	ddp created	30/04/2019 17:09:38
	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	30/04/2019 17:16:34 09/05/2019 13:52:04
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	249299
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 13:20:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with providers of specialist housing for older people on the provision of that housing in relation to the provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249299
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249299
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123837

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2019
	date	30/04/2019
	date tabled	30/04/2019
	ddp created	30/04/2019 17:09:40
	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	30/04/2019 17:16:38 09/05/2019 13:52:02
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	249300
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 13:20:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which forms of housing are within the scope of the definition of specialist housing for older people under the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249300
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249300
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123838

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2019
	date	30/04/2019
	date tabled	30/04/2019
	ddp created	30/04/2019 17:09:43
	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	30/04/2019 17:16:42 09/05/2019 13:56:01
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	249301
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 13:24:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote (a) information and (b) choice in relation to specialist housing for older people.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249301
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249301
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that the provision of high quality,impartial, information and advice in England is an important service which older people, and their relatives and carers should have access to in order to make informed choices. The Department of Health and Social Care has set out that one of the key principles that will guide thinking ahead of the Social Care Green Paper is control. This involves ensuring that individuals and families have the ability to direct the support they receive, the autonomy to lead the lives they want, and access to reliable information.</p><p>On 28 March, we announced our plans to implement the majority of the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform event fees in leasehold retirement properties. One of the key requirements of these recommendations is a statutorily backed requirement to ensure consumers have the necessary information to make an informed choice when purchasing their retirement property.( <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-03-28/HCWS1466" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-03-28/HCWS1466</a>)</p><p>My Department published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in July 2018 and this specifies that local planning authorities are expected to have planning policies which identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups in the community including older people. We will shortly be publishing further guidance to help councils put these policies in place. My Department, together with Department of Health and Social Care, also grant funds new supply of supported housing (with 34,000 new units delivered since 2011) including for older vulnerable people. With our announcement last year that funding for housing costs for supported accommodation would continue to be paid through Housing Benefit, we are putting in place the right funding and oversight environment which will give confidence to investors and to the sector, to continue to develop new supply of supported housing.</p> question first answered 09/05/2019 13:24:22
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123839

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2019
	date	30/04/2019
	date tabled	30/04/2019
	ddp created	30/04/2019 17:09:45
	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	30/04/2019 17:16:45 09/05/2019 13:50:39
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	identifier	249302
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 13:19:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a housing strategy for older people.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249302
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249302
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has set out a strategy to make the housing market work in England and make sure it works for all parts of our community, including older people. In our Housing White Paper, ’Fixing our Broken Housing Market, we recognised that there is a fundamental need to do more to ensure that more homes suitable for older people are being built as part of our overall ambition to increase housing supply. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fixing-our-broken-housing-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fixing-our-broken-housing-market</a>).</p><p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, specifies that local planning authorities are expected to have planning policies which identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups in the community including older people. We will, in due course, publish further guidance to help councils put these policies in place.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/05/2019 13:19:54
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon