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752507

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent progress has been made in increasing the prosecution rate for hate crimes.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	5417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken a number of steps to improve its prosecution of all strands of hate crime.</p><p>The CPS is prosecuting and convicting more defendants of hate crime than ever before. In 2015/16, the CPS completed 15,442 hate crime prosecutions, an increase of 704 on the previous year. The conviction rate also improved to 83.2% in 2015/16 an increase from 82.9% the previous year.</p><p>The CPS Annual Report and Accounts 2016/17 shows that the proportion of cases where the CPS was successful in achieving uplifted sentences for hate crime perpetrators has increased dramatically. The proportion rose from 33.8% in 2015/16, to 52.2% in 2016/17 – reaching 58.2% in the final quarter.</p><p>The CPS has delivered mandatory face to face disability hate crime training and racially and religiously aggravated hate crime training and is in the process of developing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime training to support prosecutors to more effectively deal with hate crime cases.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/07/2017 14:45:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46205

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average weekly sum in council tax is now due from people whose liability for this tax was previously entirely met through council tax benefit.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	194687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 7 April 2014]</em></p><p>We do not collect this information centrally. These are local schemes, and it is for local authorities to ensure that the effect on specific groups of council tax payers is proportionate and fair.</p><p>Spending on council tax benefit doubled under the last Government, costing taxpayers £4 billion a year – equivalent to almost £180 a year per household. Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget deficit left by the last Administration. Our reforms to localise council tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud, promote local enterprise and get people into work. We are ending the last Administration's ‘something for nothing' culture and making work pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 5034 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

710478

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Help to Rent schemes piloted by his Department in 2010 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	67617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Access to the private rented sector plays an important part in both preventing and supporting the recovery from homelessness, helping people to rebuild their lives.</p><p>The Government made a significant investment of nearly £12 million from 2010 to 2014 for Crisis to develop their Access to Private Rented Sector scheme to help people in need to access accommodation.</p><p>This supported 153 projects in 144 council areas. The projects created 8,128 tenancies and achieved a 90 per cent tenancy sustainment rate.</p><p>In 2014, the Government provided a further £2 million funding to keep the scheme running for another two years, supporting an additional 42 projects. This led to 2,454 tenancies with a 92 per cent tenancy sustainment rate.</p><p>The Government is now taking forward a £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme and Bob Blackman MP's Homelessness Reduction Bill which will provide earlier support for more people to prevent and tackle homelessness across the country.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 20/03/2017 11:32:26 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell previous answer version 40790 answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

389755

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households in social housing have an annual income above £30,000 in (a) England, (b) England outside London, (c) each region of England outside London and (d) each local authority outside London.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	7030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>According to the English Housing Survey in 2011 there were 349,000 households in social housing in England with an annual income of above £30,000 in 2011. This represents 9% of all households in social housing in England.</p><p> </p><p>According to the English Housing Survey in there were 250,000 households in social housing in England outside London with an annual income of above £30,000 in 2011. This represents 8% of all households in social housing in England outside London.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the number and proportion of households in social housing with an annual income of above £30,000 in 2011 for each region of England excluding London:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>16,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>26,000</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>44,000</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>59,000</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>27,000</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not hold this information for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/07/2015 15:53:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

389750

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households in social housing (a) in London and (b) in each local authority area in London have an annual income above £40,000.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	7031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>According to the English Housing Survey in 2011 there were 43,000 households in social housing in London with an annual income of above £40,000. This represents 6% of all households in social housing in London.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold this information for local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/07/2015 16:08:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

678529

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	First Time Buyers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the extent to which first-time home buyers receive financial help from their parents or another family member.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	61589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>According to the department's English Housing Survey, in 2014-15, 27% of first time buyers had help from friends and family to purchase their home. One in ten used an inheritance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:56:57 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

225276

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families have participated in the Troubled Families Programme to date; and in how many cases a family member has secured a sustained job outcome following participation in the programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	226403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>At the end of December 2014, local authorities had identified 117,910 troubled families; all of whom were, or had been, engaged in the programme.</p><p> </p><p>As of the end of February 2015, local authorities had reported that 105,671 families had been ‘turned around’ and 10,508 of these families included a family member who had moved off out of work benefits and into work for a period of at least 13 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>My Department regularly publishes this information online. The latest breakdown, by individual local authority, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-at-december-2014-and-families-turned-around-at-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-at-december-2014-and-families-turned-around-at-february-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 11/03/2015 15:39:03 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 48665 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

819996

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the name of his Department has changed; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	122068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2018 17:39:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

661598

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that proposed increases in business rates do not have a negative effect on the financial services sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	58221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have put in place a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme for England to support ratepayers at the 2017 revaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/01/2017 17:46:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

353878

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Council Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place support to assist care leavers with the payment of council tax.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	2353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Care leavers on low incomes will be entitled to support under local council tax support schemes. They may also be entitled to existing council tax discounts or exemptions, for example by virtue of being students or single occupiers. Local authorities have broad discretion to grant discounts to individuals or groups in other circumstances, and they may wish to consider providing support specifically to care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 14:58:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms