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533029

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from how many air-pollution monitors official data on air quality within the perimeter of Heathrow airport are derived; and where those monitors are located.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>As I said in my answer to PQ HL7316 on 5 April this year, air quality monitoring data collected in and around Heathrow Airport is presented on the Heathrow AirWatch website which is funded via a joint working partnership consisting of Heathrow Airport Ltd, London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow, Slough and Spelthorne Borough Councils and British Airways. It is managed by the consultant Ricardo Energy and Environment.</p><p> </p><p>Two local monitoring sites are included in the Government’s national monitoring network (the Automatic Urban and Rural Network). All national air quality monitoring data is available on the Government’s UK-Air website.</p><p> </p><p>The two monitoring sites are London Hillingdon which is located in a suburban residential area approximately 30 metres from the M4 motorway and London Harlington which is located close to a minor road to the east of Harlington village.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL992 question first answered 19/07/2016 16:20:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

910414

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the provision by local authorities of health, social and fitness programmes connected to accommodation for homeless people; and what funding they provide to support such programmes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL8172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is determined to prevent and reduce the levels of homelessness, and provide people with all the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>Whilst we have made no specific assessment, we know the importance of taking a truly holistic approach to tackling homelessness. It is for this reason we have established a cross government taskforce, whose membership includes the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which will develop a strategy to end rough sleeping, before looking at wider homelessness issues. We have also launched pilots of Housing First in key regions to put some of the most hard-to-reach rough sleepers in accommodation and help them recover from complex health issues, for example substance abuse and mental health difficulties.</p><p>This builds on important action the government has taken to tackle homelessness, including implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act, which means more people will get the help they need sooner, and providing over £1.2 billion to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping through to 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/06/2018 16:14:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

899954

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that local authorities arranging accommodation for homeless families far from their original neighbourhoods will seek assistance from local religious and voluntary groups in the receiving area.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL7617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities must secure accommodation within their own borough so far as is reasonably practicable. If they do place a household in another borough, they must follow the rules we have set out and also notify that local authority.</p><p>The provision of support to households placed in temporary accommodation is essential to ensure that they are able to continue to enjoy a reasonable quality of life and access the range of services they need.</p><p>In formulating their homelessness strategies, housing authorities should consider what arrangements need to be in place to ensure that households placed in temporary accommodation, within their district or outside, are able to access relevant support services.</p><p>Organisations, such as charities and faith groups, and the thousands of people who volunteer with them, play an important role in giving real help to those who are homeless. Working in close partnership with established and statutory homelessness services, they are part of vital work to provide consistent, high quality support.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 15/05/2018 16:41:30 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

723779

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in reducing the levels of homelessness among single young people and families living in temporary accommodation; and what assessment they have made of the need to increase the provision of (1) affordable accommodation, and (2) private rented accommodation at rent levels proportionate to household incomes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL6821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/04/2017 11:17:59 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

693056

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the key factors which have determined changes in the levels of homelessness in England and Wales since 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>Homelessness is rarely just a housing issue. It is often the result of a combination of related issues including health, education, justice, welfare and employment.</p><p>That is why we are taking action across government, including through the Ministerial Working Group convened by DCLG, to make sure all departments are working together to tackle homelessness.</p><p>We are overhauling homelessness data to give us an even clearer understanding of the underlying causes and, most importantly, what really works to prevent and relieve homelessness.</p><p>We are investing over £500 million to tackle homelessness - including our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme - and we are supporting Bob Blackman's Homelessness Reduction Bill, to improve the support available for those facing a homelessness crisis and to ensure that people get help earlier to prevent their homelessness in the first place. Local authorities will be provided with £61 million of new burdens funding to carry out their new duties under the Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/03/2017 17:21:54 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

831209

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) assessment they have made, and (2) what representations they have received, concerning the access to legal redress of (a) rough sleepers, (b) the hidden homeless, and (c) other homeless people, in circumstances where their human rights have been infringed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL5134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made any assessment of compliance nor has it received any representations concerning the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or access to legal redress of rough sleepers, the hidden homeless and other homeless people.</p><p>However, we are clear that one person without a home is one too many. We are committed to do more to prevent more people becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>That’s why we are implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act. It significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>This Government is committed to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. We will now be working to create a cross-Government rough sleeping strategy to achieve our commitment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL5133 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:49:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

831208

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their compliance with the UK’s human rights obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to housing under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ratified by the UK in 1976, in relation to (1) rough sleepers, (2) the hidden homeless, and (3) other homeless people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL5133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made any assessment of compliance nor has it received any representations concerning the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or access to legal redress of rough sleepers, the hidden homeless and other homeless people.</p><p>However, we are clear that one person without a home is one too many. We are committed to do more to prevent more people becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>That’s why we are implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act. It significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>This Government is committed to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. We will now be working to create a cross-Government rough sleeping strategy to achieve our commitment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL5134 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:49:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

820504

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 9 January (HL Deb, col 113), which projects funded by the Homelessness Prevention Programme have been successful in reducing family and relationship breakdown.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL4585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The 84 projects funded through the Homelessness Prevention Programme are multi-faceted and do not concentrate on one particular reason for a household’s homelessness.</p><p>They aim to help to ensure that more people have tailored support to avoid becoming homeless in the first place, and receive the rapid support they need to make a sustainable recovery from homelessness.</p><p>We are supporting 84 projects working across 205 district and unitary local authorities in England through our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme.</p><p>Spending includes:</p><ul><li><p>£20 million for local authorities to trial new initiatives, working with a wider group of at risk people to help families and individuals before they reach crisis point;</p></li><li><p>a £20 million rough sleeping fund to help new rough sleepers, or people at imminent risk of sleeping rough, get the rapid support they need to recover and move on from a rough sleeping crisis; and</p></li><li><p>£10 million of funding for Social Impact Bonds to provide targeted support for entrenched single homeless people.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/01/2018 17:33:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

810439

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people who are homeless in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL4407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>One person without a roof over their head is one too many and we are taking a number of actions to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes:</p><ul><li><p>implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean children and their families will get the help they need sooner;</p></li><li><p>establishing the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce, to drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy; and</p></li><li><p>allocating over £1 billion to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping through to 2020.</p></li></ul><p>As of September 2017, the latest homelessness data available, there were 15,290 household accepted as homeless and 79,190 living in Temporary Accommodation.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes regular statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping which are published at national, London and local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 10/01/2018 13:29:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 180102 Statutory Homelessness and Prevention and Relief Statistical Release Jul to Sep 17 - HL4407.pdf title Statistical Release July to Sept 17- HL4407
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

773555

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the effectiveness of local homelessness strategies and monitor their progress in reducing homelessness.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preventing and reducing homelessness. The Homelessness Reduction Act will ensure that local authorities intervene at earlier stages to prevent homelessness.</p><p>The new Homelessness Advice and Support Team, drawn from local authorities and the homelessness sector, will also provide support directly to local authorities leading up to and following the commencement of the Act. One of the team's objectives will include helping authorities to develop their homelessness strategies and governance, with a focus on preventing homelessness through closer collaboration across public services.</p><p>We are also changing the way homelessness data is recorded and reported, which is currently only aggregated at the local authority level. The new Homeless Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC) will provide household - level data and will therefore shed a light on local authorities' performance, improve transparency and enable better analysis of their responses to homelessness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 01/11/2017 17:42:12 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton