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	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Aung Marm Oo
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Aung Marm Oo, a journalist currently in hiding from arrest by the Burmese security forces, has been invited to the global conference on media freedom to be hosted by the Government in July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	257506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>A number of civil society and media representatives from Myanmar will be invited to the Global Conference for Media Freedom. Invitations are still being finalised so we are unable to confirm individual attendees at this point. We would always consider the safety of the individual concerned before offering any invite, particularly if they are in hiding.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 05/06/2019 11:10:17 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1128353

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Local Housing Allowance: Bristol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of local housing allowance compared with the cost of rented accommodation in Bristol.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	257483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of the level of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) compared with the cost of rented accommodation in Bristol.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of private market rents that are at or below the LHA rate are set out below. This is based on:</p><ul><li>2019/20 LHA rates published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020</a></li><li>Valuation Office Agency data <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Shared accommodation</p></td><td><p>1 bedroom</p></td><td><p>2 bedrooms</p></td><td><p>3 bedrooms</p></td><td><p>4 bedrooms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: South West figures calculated as the average for the following Broad Rental Market Areas: Kernow West, North Cornwall &amp; Devon Borders, Plymouth, South Devon, Exeter, North Devon, Mid &amp; East Devon, Mid &amp; West Dorset, Taunton &amp; West Somerset, Yeovil, Weston-S-Mare, Mendip, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham, West Wiltshire, Swindon, Salisbury and Bournemouth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 257484 question first answered 05/06/2019 16:29:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1128354

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Local Housing Allowance: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of rental accommodation is affordable to those receiving the maximum rate of local housing allowance in (a) Bristol and (b) the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	257484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the adequacy of the level of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) compared with the cost of rented accommodation in Bristol.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of private market rents that are at or below the LHA rate are set out below. This is based on:</p><ul><li>2019/20 LHA rates published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2019-to-march-2020</a></li><li>Valuation Office Agency data <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-list-of-rents</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Shared accommodation</p></td><td><p>1 bedroom</p></td><td><p>2 bedrooms</p></td><td><p>3 bedrooms</p></td><td><p>4 bedrooms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: South West figures calculated as the average for the following Broad Rental Market Areas: Kernow West, North Cornwall &amp; Devon Borders, Plymouth, South Devon, Exeter, North Devon, Mid &amp; East Devon, Mid &amp; West Dorset, Taunton &amp; West Somerset, Yeovil, Weston-S-Mare, Mendip, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham, West Wiltshire, Swindon, Salisbury and Bournemouth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 257483 question first answered 05/06/2019 16:29:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy