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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

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

1224634

	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	Private Rented Housing: 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 18 May 2020 to Question 45293 on Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus, what criteria his Department uses to determine the needs of (a) tenants and (b) landlords in relation to the lifting of the temporary ban on evictions from residential properties.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>On 5 June the Government announced that the current suspension of possession proceedings would be extended by two months until 23 August 2020. This means that no action to evict a tenant will proceed before 24 August 2020.</p><p>The Government listens to a variety of stakeholders that represent landlords and tenants. As the Government takes steps in the next phase of the COVID-19 response, we will consider how measures should adapt to ensure they reflect public health guidance and the changing nature of this wider context recognising the interests of both tenants and landlords.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2020 15:58:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224667

	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	Affordable 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, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on the number of affordable homes for rent or sale which will be built as a result of removing planning requirements for some property development applications as set out by the Prime Minister on 30 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Our proposals to introduce new permitted development rights to create new homes will mean that more homes to buy or rent will be delivered than would otherwise be the case. We have not made any estimates of how many of these extra homes will be affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2020 16:00:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire