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1224664

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2020 to Question 40669 on universal credit, prior to raising the local housing allowance to the 30th percentile, what assessment she made of the levels of need this would match.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Raising the local housing allowance (LHA) rate to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile ensured over 1 million households will see an increase, on average, of £600 this year.</p><p> </p><p>This increase means that 30% of properties in each broad rental market area charge a rent within the LHA rate, with the exception of 15 rates in central and inner London where the national maximum caps continue to apply. The national caps have also been increased and are now based on the Outer London LHA rate plus 20%.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2020 17:22:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 38775 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224338

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Airbus UK: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure the skills of engineers who are made redundant at Airbus are utilised as part of the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with Airbus to help the company through Covid-19 and into recovery. I appreciate this is a worrying time for workers at Airbus who may be affected; the Government will do all that we can to support affected workers through the Department for Work and Pensions and Job Centre Plus in England, and in Wales through the services offered through the ReAct programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2020 14:43:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224343

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Death Certificates: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that ethnic information should be included on death certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>The recent Public Health England report ‘Beyond the Data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups’ recommended the mandatory collection of ethnicity data at death certification. How to take this forward is being considered by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities (Kemi Badenoch MP) as part of the wider work she is leading to improve the quality of data on ethnic disparities and COVID-19.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/07/2020 14:46:08 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224420

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the £8.5 million allocated to the 115 successful bidders to the Domestic Abuse Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund has been received by the successful organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>To date we have allocated £8.76 million of the MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund to 122 successful applications.</p><p>Payments are being processed as soon as grant funding agreements are signed by the applicants and the Government. As at 15 July, 97 per cent of the allocated funds have been received by the applicants.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/07/2020 12:48:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224421

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many organisations who applied to the Covid-19 Domestic Abuse Accommodation Emergency Support Fund met the criteria and achieved (a) a score 4 and (b) a score 3 but were not successful in their applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>To date, to keep vital domestic abuse safe accommodation services up and running, MHCLG has allocated £8.76 million of the £10 million Domestic Abuse COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund to 122 successful charity bidders. This additional funding will re-open 299 bedspaces that were closed due to COVID-19 will create 1293 additional bedspaces.</p><p>Each application for the £10 million Domestic Abuse Accommodation Emergency Support Fund is assessed, and scored between zero and four, against each of the criteria as set out within the fund prospectus.</p><p>Applications fail the assessment if scored 0 or 1 on any of the criteria.</p><p>To ensure Government meets its responsibility to spend public money wisely, due diligence checks are also undertaken to validate applicant eligibility and to provide an essential check on the financial status of applicants. Applications which pass the assessment but fail due diligence checks do not proceed.</p><p>Of the 136 applications assessed, 3 applications were unsuccessful having passed the assessment but failing on due diligence checks.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/07/2020 12:48:54 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224637

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 18 May 2020 to Question 40670, how many people were recorded as sleeping rough in the second quarter of 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG collect an annual official snapshot of rough sleeping which is verified by Homeless Link and provides information about the estimated number of people sleeping rough on a single night between 1 October and 30 November each year, along with some basic demographic details. This was last released in February 2020 and showed a total figure of 4,266 rough sleepers on any given night, 9% lower than the previous year. The next annual snapshot is due to take place in autumn 2020. Regarding the numbers of people currently rough sleeping, local authorities currently hold the most up to date information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:56:08 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 38753 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224665

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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	Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
	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 22 June 2020 to Question 60812, what data his Department collects from local authorities on the amount they have spent on providing accommodation for rough sleepers under the Everybody In initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The first two rounds of the Covid-19 financial monitoring survey have now been published. These show that between March-May 2020, additional local authority expenditure due to Covid-19 for housing services, including homelessness services, was £63 million. We will publish a summary of the results from the third round in due course.</p><p>Further details can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cccc4c172e95a421cbd2a08d82a6ae3e2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637305985857460717&amp;sdata=7N5GIBYdTPkPvHa3ilFyMa1V4COG7TA6UqP9IDvFqXE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:54:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224333

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Outdoor Recreation: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will produce guidance to support (a) festivals and (b) other outdoor events to reopen safely as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Events Industry Forum has published Covid-19 secure guidance on outdoor events which has been developed with input from DCMS. Event organisers should take account of government guidance on performing arts when organising outdoor events with live performances.</p><p>We will continue to work with the festivals and the outdoor events sector to develop Covid-19 secure guidance that reflects the latest government regulation and policy.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/07/2020 15:28:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224334

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is taking to enable singing in (a) choirs, (b) audiences, and (c) congregations as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to getting the performing arts sector fully back up and running as soon as it is safe to do so. It is a priority of my department to work with the arts and cultural sectors to address the challenges of reopening. We have released guidance to support the performing arts sector resume activity in line with the roadmap announced by the Secretary of State last month. In addition, the Government is supporting a number of studies that are currently underway to understand more about the risks associated with these activities. The findings from these studies will inform further changes in the guidance.</p><p>Singing, especially in groups, such as in choirs or in audiences - in religious settings or otherwise, is considered a higher risk activity because of the potential for aerosol production and the absence presently of developed scientific analysis to assess this specific risk. The evidence is being developed rapidly. Whilst further evidence is being developed, we advise that non-professional groups should not sing in at this stage and should only do activities in line with government guidance on social mixing.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 73891 question first answered 29/07/2020 10:22:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224335

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to enable singing in (a) choirs, (b) audiences and (c) religious congregations as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to getting the performing arts sector fully back up and running as soon as it is safe to do so. It is a priority of my department to work with the arts and cultural sectors to address the challenges of reopening. We have released guidance to support the performing arts sector resume activity in line with the roadmap announced by the Secretary of State last month. In addition, the Government is supporting a number of studies that are currently underway to understand more about the risks associated with these activities. The findings from these studies will inform further changes in the guidance.</p><p>Singing, especially in groups, such as in choirs or in audiences - in religious settings or otherwise, is considered a higher risk activity because of the potential for aerosol production and the absence presently of developed scientific analysis to assess this specific risk. The evidence is being developed rapidly. Whilst further evidence is being developed, we advise that non-professional groups should not sing in at this stage and should only do activities in line with government guidance on social mixing.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 73889 question first answered 29/07/2020 10:22:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire