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1418389

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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) encourage and support workplace disability networks, (b) achieve and maintain the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensure responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) develop and embed flexible working.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	114841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>(a) The Department provides encouragement and support to workplace networks through a partnership agreement. The agreement recognises the role our networks play, and the valuable contributions they make to help improve the working conditions, policy and processes for our diverse workforce. Networks all have a senior champion, allocated time to conduct network business and membership of various committees and regular meetings with the Department’s Executive Team and Ministers</p><p><br> (b) The Department is an accredited Disability Confident Level 3 leader. The accreditation was reassessed and validated in April 2021</p><p><br> (c) The Department already has processes in place to ensure colleagues who require workplace adjustments are supported. This includes workplace adjustments passports, an Occupational Health service provision and a Workplace Adjustment service. There are service level agreements in place and we work closely with our providers to monitor performance and continuously improve. Since March 2020, we have been working with our service providers to ensure a continuity of service through various working from home restrictions and to ensure that colleagues requiring duplicate or additional equipment receive this to enable them to work comfortably in a home or office environment</p><p><br> (d) The Department’s Smarter Working model will allow colleagues to decide when and where their work is best done. We have already rolled out new technology to all of our offices to ensure that people can join inclusive meetings regardless of their location. We also have plans to roll out smarter working standards to the rest of the estate to ensure that our buildings support flexible working which will include ensuring that people have the right workspace to support their needs whether working from home or from one of our offices.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 08/02/2022 17:19:24 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1402268

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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	Disabled Facilities Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, what guidance his Department has made available to local authorities in England on effective delivery of the £573 million Disabled Facilities Grant.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	102717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the actions in the National Disability Strategy, including the publication of new guidance for local authorities on the effective delivery of the Disabled Facilities Grant. The new guidance will be published as soon as possible in Spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 20/01/2022 16:40:52 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1343318

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
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: Housing Benefit
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 15 June 2021 to Question 11595 on private rented housing: housing benefit, whether the Government plans to bring forward proposals to amend legislation to ensure that landlords of private housing assess tenants fairly.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 11595 on 15 June 2021. We have no current plans to bring forward additional legislation.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 12/07/2021 13:11:14 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1330084

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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	Rents: Arrears
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 number of people in (a) Lewisham Deptford, (b) London and (c) the UK in rent arrears after the end of the ban on bailiff-forced evictions on 31 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	11593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the number of people in rent arrears in Lewisham Deptford, London and the UK following 31 May 2021. Data from the English Housing Survey (EHS) Household Resilience Study suggested that approximately 9 per cent of private renters were in arrears in November - December 2020. Most renters in arrears, had arrears of less than 2 months.</p><p>The UK Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support which is available to support tenants with living costs. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and £20 per week uplift in Universal Credit are in place until the end of September helping renters to continue paying their rent. Local housing allowance rates have been maintained at their increased level in cash terms in 2021/22, meaning claimants renting in the private rented sector continue to benefit from the significant increase in the local housing allowance rates applied in April 2020. For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. For 2021-22 the Government has made £140 million available in DHP funding, building on the £180 million provided last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/06/2021 13:55:47 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1330089

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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	Homelessness: Finance
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 the Government plans to make additional funding available to local authorities to support residents made homeless as a result of rent arrears accrued during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	11594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support which is available to support tenants with living costs. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and £20 per week uplift in Universal Credit are in place until the end of September helping renters to continue paying their rent. Local housing allowance rates have been maintained at their increased level in cash terms in 2021/22, meaning claimants renting in the private rented sector continue to benefit from the significant increase in the local housing allowance rates applied in April 2020. For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. For 2021-22 the Government has made £140 million available in DHP funding, building on the £180 million provided last year.</p><p>Data from the English Housing Survey (EHS) Household Resilience Study November-December 2020 suggested that approximately 9% of private renters had any arrears, and two thirds of those are in less than 2 months of arrears. However, we will continue to closely monitor the ongoing impact of the pandemic on renters.</p><p>Where a person is at risk of losing their home, local authorities have a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent homelessness. In 2021/22 we are providing local authorities with £310 million to discharge their duties under the Act, a £47 million increase on previous years’ funding. This 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.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/06/2021 13:57:05 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1330093

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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: Housing Benefit
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 he plans to take steps to prevent practices in the private rented sector which lead to the exclusion of applicants (a) reliant on housing benefit and (b) with low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	11595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>Blanket bans against tenants in receipt of benefits or on low incomes have no place in a fair and modern housing market. The Government has previously worked with the lettings industry to agree an approach to end the practice of excluding tenants in receipt of benefits.</p><p>We continue to encourage landlords to look at all tenants on an individual basis. Current legislation prohibits acts of discrimination against individuals on the basis of a number of protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/06/2021 13:57:38 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft