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1132269

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many challenges have been made to decisions on intentional homelessness in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins><del class="ministerial">A full answer cannot be provided as the data requested is not held by HMCTS.</del></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:28:53 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2019 17:19:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 124831 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1150128

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals there were for (a) rough sleepers and (b) people experiencing other forms of homelessness by (i) local authorities and (ii) local authority children’s services to the National Referral Mechanism in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Government does not currently collect information on the number of rough sleepers referred into the NRM by Local Authorities.</p><p>However, we recognise that there is a potential risk for people sleeping rough to become victims of modern slavery, and we want to ensure that local areas have the tools they need to identify modern slavery where they see it and provide the right support to victims.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to work to improve the quality data around victim identification and will continue to review the data it publishes in relation to NRM referrals and the introduction of the new digital system provides an opportunity for Government to review the data to identify patterns of exploitation.</p><p>Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) continues to be published regularly by the Single Competent Authority, available via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 970 question first answered 25/10/2019 11:39:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1608523

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published on 27 March 2023, what guidance her Department plans to publish on the definition of (a) nuisance and (b) blight caused by homeless people.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	176710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <p>We are carefully considering a statutory definition and will be using existing definitions where possible and appropriate.</p><p>Further details will be set out in legislation and accompanying guidance at the earliest opportunity, following further engagement with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/04/2023 13:48:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1134157

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to include funding for homelessness services in his forthcoming spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	268574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing the issue of homelessness. We have allocated over £1.2 billion in homelessness funding to 2020. This includes £100 million for the Rough Sleeping Strategy, to help achieve the Government’s objective of reducing rough sleeping by half by 2022 and eliminating it by 2027. Decisions on funding for future years are to be decided at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/06/2019 11:23:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1357516

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to prioritise housing for homeless and displaced people in line with the Housing First programme.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	53282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Piloting Housing First was a Government manifesto commitment that was announced in the 2017 Autumn budget. Since its launch, our expert advisers have been working closely with each of the three pilot regions to monitor and support progress. We also commissioned a consortium, led by ICF, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the programme, which will run for the duration of the pilots.<strong> </strong>The Housing First pilots are now in their fourth year and have supported over 1,050 of the most entrenched and cyclical rough sleepers across 23 local authorities.</p><p>We recognise that rough sleeping is a nationwide challenge, and that is why it is important that we consider the findings of our evaluation, together with our experiences from the three pilots, to ensure that we know how it could work best on a larger scale.</p><p>The Government committed to expanding Housing First in its latest manifesto and we will use the findings of our evaluation, together with our experiences from the three pilots, to inform next steps.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 18/10/2021 13:49:08 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1361903

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is planning to take to ensure the provision of safe shelter for homeless people facing both the cold and covid-19 over winter 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
	uin	59712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £750 million this year to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p>This includes over £202 million across England for the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI), which is more than an 80% increase from the £112 million provided last year. The funding will provide up to 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff. Within this year's RSI, local authorities were asked to plan for winter and any other surge capacity throughout the year.</p><p>We recognise that winter brings with it extra pressures especially with the on-going risk of COVID-19. For this reason, we are we are supporting the voluntary and community sector with the £3.8 million Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund. This funding will help provide safe accommodation that creates a sustained route of the streets by supporting investment in improved accommodation and of self-contained bed spaces over winter 21/22.</p><p>Night Shelters that are considering opening this winter should consult their local authorities and consider the COVID-19: provision of night shelters guidance on gov.uk, which was drafted with advice from the UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England).</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 61199 61200 question first answered 27/10/2021 11:19:40 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1383058

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance to local authorities to accommodate all homeless people this winter due to the continued risks from covid-19, including those not owed a homelessness duty, and match this with necessary resources; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	83303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. We have made considerable progress in the last few years to reduce rough sleeping. Much of this work provided the capacity to deliver the pandemic response both locally and nationally.</p><p>We are supporting local authorities under the greatest pressure from rough sleepers under the £10 million Winter Pressures Fund which will bring rough sleepers across the country into safe and supported accommodation across winter. Brighton and Hove are eligible for this fund. We have made a further £3.8 million available to voluntary and community organisations to provide COVID-19 secure accommodation for those sleeping rough. This work bolsters our year-round investment through the £203 million Rough Sleeping Initiative. We continue to support local authorities to exhaust all options for rough sleepers, including those who are non-UK nationals.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 07/12/2021 12:52:31 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1418483

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their homelessness statistics, updated on 27 January, which show that 222,360 households have become homeless since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, what steps they are taking to assist homeless people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL5796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling homelessness in all its forms. The Homelessness Reduction Act is helping more people get help sooner to prevent homelessness, and since it came into force nearly 450,000 households have had their homelessness successfully prevented or relieved through securing accommodation for more than 6 months. In 2021-22 Local Authorities received £375 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant - a £112 million increase on the previous year - which can be used to offer financial support for people to find a new home, to work with landlords to prevent evictions, or to provide temporary accommodation to ensure families have a roof over their head. This includes a one-off £65 million to help support vulnerable renters with Covid-19 related rent arrears to avoid eviction or find a new home in order to prevent homelessness. The Government will be spending over £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next 3 years, with multi-year funding enabling local partners to better plan services and maximise efficiencies - demonstrating our commitment to build on recent progress.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 14/02/2022 12:45:12 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1434066

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that abandoned and unused buildings are utilised to increase the number of bed spaces available to homeless people.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	127561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>This Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year. This includes £202 million through the Rough Sleeping Initiative, funding up to 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff across England. The £433 million Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme will provide 6,000 move-on homes and accompanying support services to those who are rough sleeping or who have a history of sleeping rough.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme (RSAP) has placed a strong emphasis on the use and refurbishment of empty or moribund housing, stock with notable examples in the North of England. This includes the 'Right Sizing' initiative in Liverpool to modernise 70 empty and largely 2-bed properties with downstairs bathrooms, by moving the bathroom upstairs and creating high quality housing for single people or couples. Fairmount Lodge in Bradford has modernised a long-term empty building to create modern homes for 18 rough sleepers, and Champions Court in St Helens has taken two blocks of long-term empty, fire damaged or small flats and created modern homes for 28 rough sleepers.</p><p>In addition, whilst the Affordable Homes Programme is focussed on the development of new supply, through the Programme, grant funding is available to turn empty private sector homes into new social and affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 02/03/2022 17:55:32 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1434067

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that there are sufficient beds to accommodate all homeless people in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	127562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £800 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping this year. This includes £202 million through the Rough Sleeping Initiative - an 80% increase from last year - funding up to 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff across England.</p><p>We are also helping people find longer term accommodation: the £433 million Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme will provide 6,000 move-on homes, available as long-term assets, and accompanying support services to those who are rough sleeping or who have a history of sleeping rough.</p><p>The Government will be spending over £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next 3 years, with multi-year funding enabling local partners to better plan services and maximise efficiencies - demonstrating our commitment to build on recent progress.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 02/03/2022 17:43:02 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson