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1002727

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Bereavement Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the payment of bereavement benefits for unmarried partners with children.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	188820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Bereavement benefits are paid to a surviving spouse or civil partner; they can only be paid to those in legal unions. Therefore, they cannot be paid in respect of cohabitees, either with or without children. We are currently considering how to proceed following the recent Supreme Court judgement which ruled it incompatible with ECHR principles to provide that cohabitees with children are not entitled to Widowed Parent’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Cohabitees do have access to income-related benefits. They may also qualify for help with funeral costs from the Social Fund and may of course choose to provide security for their families by way of private pension or life insurance arrangements.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/11/2018 11:44:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1002597

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Council Housing: Construction
	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 5 November 2018 to Question 186188 on Housing Revenue Account, how many units would have been built as a result of the £2.8 billion in additional borrowing requested by local authorities; and how much additional grant funding was requested by those authorities to finance those units.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities submitted bids to deliver around 20,000 homes over the period 2019/20 to 2021/22 supported, in part, with around £800 million additional Affordable Homes Programme grant.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/11/2018 17:15:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002598

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Housing: Milton Keynes
	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 make an announcement on the proposed Milton Keynes housing deal.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the homes communities need. Through housing deals we are keen to support those places which come forward with a genuine ambition to build more homes.</p><p>We will continue to work with Milton Keynes Council and other local partners to help them realise their housing ambition. We are clear that any housing deal must meet the needs of all concerned.</p><p>My ministerial colleagues and I have regular discussions with MPs about local housing issues.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 188717 188718 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:15:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002599

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Housing: Milton Keynes
	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 (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with hon. Members representing Milton Keynes on the proposed Milton Keynes Housing Deal.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the homes communities need. Through housing deals we are keen to support those places which come forward with a genuine ambition to build more homes.</p><p>We will continue to work with Milton Keynes Council and other local partners to help them realise their housing ambition. We are clear that any housing deal must meet the needs of all concerned.</p><p>My ministerial colleagues and I have regular discussions with MPs about local housing issues.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 188716 188718 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:15:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002600

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Housing: Milton Keynes
	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 secure a housing deal with Milton Keynes local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the homes communities need. Through housing deals we are keen to support those places which come forward with a genuine ambition to build more homes.</p><p>We will continue to work with Milton Keynes Council and other local partners to help them realise their housing ambition. We are clear that any housing deal must meet the needs of all concerned.</p><p>My ministerial colleagues and I have regular discussions with MPs about local housing issues.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 188716 188717 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:15:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002616

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Domestic Abuse
	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 publish the (a) project specification of the work and (b) any completed outputs arising from the commissioning of an analysis arising from the commissioning of a domestic abuse audit from Ipsos UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government is absolutely committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse. We commissioned this audit of provision of domestic abuse services across England, run by Ipsos MORI, to inform our review of how domestic abuse services are locally commissioned and funded across the country.</p><p>We have been working closely with Ipsos MORI and academics to review findings from the audit, and will publish a report in due course, including information on the project specification and key findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/11/2018 17:10:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002621

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Leasehold
	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 publish the estimated number of leasehold dwellings by tenure in each region of England.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	188725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG does not currently have regional estimates of the number of leaseholds dwellings in England. The current estimates are ‘experimental official statistics’ and as part of on-going work to improve them we will consider whether it is feasible to produce sub-national statistics in future statistical releases.</p><p /><p><br></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002722

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Local Government: Procurement
	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 his oral contribution of 5 November 2018, Official Report column 1229, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on taking local value into account when awarding contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 places a requirement on commissioners, including local authorities, to consider the social, economic and environmental benefits of their approaches to services contracts before the procurement process starts. The existing scheme of UK procurement rules, which implement the EU public procurement directives, are preserved under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 when the UK leaves the European Union, with relevant adjustments necessary to ensure legal operability. This will give legal certainty and continuity to businesses, contracting authorities, and employees, on day one of Exit. We will use opportunities offered by our exit from the EU to carefully consider longer-term options for the UK's public procurement rules.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

1002738

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to countries neighbouring Venezuela that are hosting refugees from that country.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has deployed two humanitarian experts and funded additional roles for UN agencies in the region. The UK is also supporting the international response through core funding to the UN, humanitarian agencies, the European Commission and Red Cross movements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge the Venezuelan Government to accept humanitarian aid and DFID is supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s efforts to urge Venezuela to meet their population’s needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 188712 question first answered 12/11/2018 15:41:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

1002739

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU and UN counterparts on providing humanitarian relief to Venezuelans in that country and in neighbouring countries.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has deployed two humanitarian experts and funded additional roles for UN agencies in the region. The UK is also supporting the international response through core funding to the UN, humanitarian agencies, the European Commission and Red Cross movements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge the Venezuelan Government to accept humanitarian aid and DFID is supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s efforts to urge Venezuela to meet their population’s needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 188711 question first answered 12/11/2018 15:41:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar