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816915

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department decided against the introduction of a transitional protection period for people claiming support for mortgage interest after April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	121342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Support for mortgage interest provides protection for home owners from the threat of repossession. The new loan scheme will provide exactly the same level of support and, thus, exactly the same level of protection against repossession. Claimants and mortgage lenders will not see any difference in the payments they receive and so there is no need to make any general transitional provisions.</p><p> </p><p>Some specific transitional provisions have been put in place which will allow for existing benefit payments to remain in place for a temporary period. These will apply if there are administrative delays in migrating some claimants to the new scheme or where there are difficulties in appointing someone to act on the claimant’s behalf.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/01/2018 12:33:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

820910

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what other companies were considered along with SERCO for the contract on distributing the new support for mortgage payment loans.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	122328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The contract was awarded following an open competition for which three bids were received and evaluated. The information requested is commercially sensitive so the names of bidding companies cannot be shared.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/01/2018 14:31:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

837361

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number of homeless people in full-service universal credit areas (a) before and (b) after the roll-out of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	126480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of homeless people in full service areas. We do not hold data on homelessness at a postcode or Jobcentre Plus level, which would be necessary to inform such an estimate. Data on homelessness by local authority level is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, DWP have played an active role in developing the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection tool and is committed to continually supporting the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to improve its data collection system for statistical and research purposes. More information on this is available at <a href="https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/statistics/working-with-users/dclg-homelessness-statistics-user-forum/" target="_blank">https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/statistics/working-with-users/dclg-homelessness-statistics-user-forum/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, from October 2018, Jobcentres across England will have a legal duty to refer homeless people, and those at risk of becoming homeless, to a local authority housing team of the claimant’s choice. This duty will help claimants access homelessness services as soon as possible, allowing local authorities to focus on prevention.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/02/2018 14:43:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

839225

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons her Department removed the simple payment method in March 2018 for benefit claimants without a bank account.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	127781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The department continues to provide an exception payment service for benefit recipients. Citibank is currently the contractor for that service and is being replaced by i-movo. All current simple payment recipients will move to the i-movo service by the end of March 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2018 12:27:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

839226

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Voucher Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons were for the decision that the voucher scheme would give universal credit claimants £100 a time rather than the monthly paid benefit payable under the simple payment method.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	127782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The simple payment service is being replaced by a new payment service. Customers can still receive payment at a PayPoint outlet but payment will be limited to £100 per transaction. Customers with higher than £100 entitlement can make multiple transactions at the same PayPoint outlet on the same day, subject to funds available from that outlet. The Department continues to encourage and support benefit customers, where possible, to receive payment via a bank, building society or a credit union account which does not have a similar restriction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2018 12:34:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

861118

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	National Insurance: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department determines which refugees automatically get a National Insurance number as soon as they receive their refugee status; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	132267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>For those refugees granted leave to remain as a result of a successful asylum claim, a joint fast track National Insurance Number (NINo) application process operates between DWP and the Home Office. This process has been in place since 2005 but only included the main asylum applicant. This was extended to cover all adult dependants (aged 16 or over) in the refugee’s family from 15 January 2018.</p><p>Additionally from this date the NINo is now printed on the reverse of the refugees Biometric Residence Permit (BRP).</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/03/2018 16:28:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

937434

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	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	High Rise Flats: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 funding will be allocated for the improvement of safety measures in tower blocks in Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	162148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government will fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems that have failed large scale tests, commissioned by Government in 2017 on social residential buildings 18 metres and over owned by councils and housing associations, with costs estimated at £400 million.</p><p>On 3 July, we published on the Government website further details on how councils and housing associations can apply for the funding. The guidance confirms the scope of the fund, provides more detail on how it will operate and sets out the information required, when applying. Funding will be allocated on a building-by-building basis, once building owners have submitted applications.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/07/2018 15:16:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1052427

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's review of the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development considered compliance with the (a) the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, (b) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (c) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and (d) the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	215610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government considered its compliance with all its international commitments, and its duties under the Equality Act 2010, in preparing the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, and in preparing its response. The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 6 February, and includes a range of measures to promote the provision of traveller sites, and sets out details of wider support to improve outcomes for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/02/2019 17:12:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1054670

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Community Housing Fund
	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 plans he has to maintain funding for the Community Housing Fund after March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	216386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close on 31 March 2020 – the end of the current Spending Review period. Decisions on funding for 2020-21 onwards are a matter for the Spending Review, which will take place this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2019 15:51:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1086560

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Local Government: Land
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of maintaining a five-year land supply on the ability of local authorities to reject planning applications.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	230864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not monitor the decisions made by local authorities on planning applications. Planning applications must be determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations, including national planning policy, indicate otherwise. This means that the best way for local authorities to prevent the success of speculative applications is to have an up-to-date development plan and maintain a five year land supply of deliverable sites for housing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/03/2019 14:26:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1134966

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	Coal: Opencast Mining
	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 the Government's policy is on planning permission for the creation of additional opencast coal mines.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	269800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and we are taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>In terms of planning policy, the National Planning Policy Framework is already clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The National Planning Policy Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2019 16:15:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1180538

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Abortion: Clinics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce harassment of (a) women attending and (b) healthcare professionals working at abortion clinics.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	20636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that it is unacceptable that patients seeking healthcare advice or staff working in healthcare facilities should feel intimidated or harassed. This country has a proud history of allowing free speech, but the right to peaceful protest does not extend to harassment or intimidating behaviour and the law currently provides protection against such acts.</p><p>The Home Office takes the matter of protesters outside abortion clinics extremely seriously. The Government recognises the adverse impact that anti-abortion protests can have on patients and staff, and the Home Office is keeping this important matter under review.</p><p>My officials regularly liaise with national policing leads to assess if there have been any developments on protest activities outside abortion clinics. The Home Office would welcome any new evidence that becomes available on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/03/2020 16:35:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1182377

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a response to her Department's call for evidence on abuse and violence towards shop staff, which closed on 28 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	24427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>I committed to publishing the government’s response in March.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/03/2020 17:03:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1338576

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Office for Police Conduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are awaiting allocation to complaint handlers at the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	19668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the numbers of cases referred to the IOPC that are awaiting decision or allocation. The Independent Office for Police Conduct will write to the Honourable Member and I shall place a copy in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2021 09:04:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1338577

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Office for Police Conduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for cases to be allocated to complaint handlers by the Independent Office for Police Conduct in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	19669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on average times for cases to be allocated. The Independent Office for Police Conduct will write to the Honourable Member and I shall place a copy in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2021 15:10:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1348854

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Ben Needham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will provide finances for a reward for information on the case of British national Ben Needham who disappeared from the Greek Island of Kos on the 24th July 1991.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	36738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>As this is an ongoing investigation, the decision to offer a reward for information, and other tactics deployed to further the work needed to bring a resolution to the case, is an independent operational matter for South Yorkshire Police.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/07/2021 16:26:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1351259

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour: Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what strategies the police are deploying to (a) tackle antisocial behaviour by students in residential areas and (b) encourage those students to change their behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	41196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government introduced a range of flexible tools and powers for local agencies, including police forces, local authorities and landlords, to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (‘the 2014 Act’).</p><p> </p><p>These powers are deliberately local in nature. The strategies police deploy is an operational decision that depends on the local context and the circumstances in each case. Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners can decide how they use the powers within the 2014 Act and how best to work with each other, and other agencies, in responding to anti-social behaviour priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F956143%2FASB_Statutory_Guidance.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKunal.Chavda1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3d3d1c4194274db727db08d962e59515%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637649560533072421%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DWuaVrwk9B6oe6G7Ds5mS7AhPD%2BFQZk8Rh%2FQ5dVK8dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statutory guidance</a>, which was updated this year, supports all local agencies to take the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour, including in residential cases, in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the community.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006825/Crime-Plan-accessible-version_2.pdf" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> published on 27 July laid out the Government’s commitment to working with local agencies and partners to drive down anti-social behaviour using the full range of powers and tools in the 2014 Act.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/09/2021 10:53:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1361871

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cycling: Fixed Penalties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to cyclists in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	59950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) on an annual basis as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical publication, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a></p><p>However, data is not collected on the type of vehicle (including bicycles) for which the FPN is issued.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/10/2021 16:56:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel