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827290

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether his Department has used Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national well-being.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	903437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>My Department uses a range of statistics in its policy making, including ONS wellbeing data, for example in the evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme.</p><p>Our renewed focus to deliver more homes and build strong communities with sustainable local services across England will increase wellbeing for all parts of our society.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/01/2018 17:56:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

827962

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Supported Housing: 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, what protections he plans to put in place for people who need supported housing once the Government’s local grant fund, as proposed in the consultation document, Funding Support Housing, is exhausted in a specific local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	123922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We will be working closely with local government to ensure this does not happen.</p><p>We are clear that in the year of introduction in 2020-21 the level of grant will be equivalent to the spend on short-term supported housing had it remained in the welfare system. We will work closely with local authorities over 2018 and 2019 to determine local grant allocations, and will continue to monitor progress over 2020.</p><p>Grant funding after 2020-21 will be set on the basis of current projections of future need, and will continue to take into account the costs of provision. We will also continue to work with local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/01/2018 16:37:14 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

828002

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Antisemitism
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 has sought the input of the Haredi community on tackling anti-Semitism; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	123962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>As Minister for Faith, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth has discussed the issue of antisemitism with the Charedi community and has also visited a number of organisations providing services to the Charedi community.</p><p>In addition officials meet regularly with representatives of the Charedi community to discuss antisemitism and other concerns.</p><p>The department also funds through True Vision the police online reporting portal work to encourage the Charedi community to report antisemitism and to provide support during the court process to victims.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2018 15:50:00 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

828119

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Standards
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 homes in the private rented sector have not met the decent homes standard in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Gateshead, (d) the North East and (e) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	124079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department's English Housing Survey assesses the extent to which private rented sector homes in England meet the Decent Homes Standard. Data back to 2010 are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-to-2017-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-to-2017-headline-report</a></p><p>The Department does not publish data on non-decent homes in the North East, and the survey is not designed to produce local authority or constituency level estimates.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2018 15:26:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

825501

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Holocaust Memorial Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Departments have (a) marked and (b) plans to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	123640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2018, more departments than ever before held events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. These include:</p><ul><li>Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy</li><li>Cabinet Office</li><li>Ministry of Defence</li><li>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</li><li>Department for Education</li><li>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</li><li>Department for Exiting the European Union</li><li>Foreign and Commonwealth Office</li><li>Home Office</li><li>Department of Health and Social Care</li><li>Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</li><li>Department for International Development</li><li>Department for International Trade</li><li>Ministry of Justice</li><li>Northern Ireland Office</li><li>Department for Transport</li><li>HM Treasury</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials in all other departments have been invited to attend these events, or given opportunities to view them remotely. A number of non-Ministerial departments have also held events or their staff have been able to attend those held at Ministerial departments; these include (but are not limited to) the Government Legal Department, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Charity Commission.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/02/2018 10:32:42 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

822912

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Religious Freedom
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 steps have been taken by the Government in response to the recommendation in paragraph 6.5. of the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 (2015) on publicly condemning the use of and incitement to violence, as well as all forms of discrimination and intolerance on religious grounds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	122595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government condemns all forms of discrimination, intolerance and hate crime including that perpetrated against Christians. 'Action against Hate' the UK Government's plan for tackling hate crime specifically mentions hate crime perpetrated against Christians. We are also supporting work through the police online portal True Vision to conduct a survey on the nature and number of hate crimes perpetrated against Christians. An important part of this programme is to encourage victims of anti-Christian hate crime to report incidents to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/01/2018 18:01:41 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler previous answer version 36010 answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

824424

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Supported Housing
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 his Department’s plans to assess people's length of stay in supported housing will take account of the fluctuation of mental health conditions and associated challenges.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	123225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Supported accommodation provides a lifeline to many vulnerable people including those with mental health conditions and this Government is committed to protecting this vital provision.</p><p>We are engaging with the supported accommodation sector on the Government’s new approach to funding housing costs, which comes in from April 2020, and as part of this we will be talking extensively to providers and stakeholders on how provision for people with mental health conditions should work within Government’s proposals for funding short-term and long-term supported accommodation.</p><p>I should make clear our proposals do not involve a requirement to assess individuals’ length of stay. The two years mentioned in the proposed definition for short-term support housing refers to the type of supported housing provision, rather than actual stays by individuals. Decisions on the length of an individual’s stay, for example taking into account any fluctuation in their mental health condition, will remain the responsibility of providers and/or care/support workers. There is also certainly no intention that individuals would need to leave or be transferred from an existing placement in short-term supported accommodation solely because the length of their stay had exceeded two years. This is the case across the Government’s proposals for funding the housing costs of all categories of short-term supported accommodation, not just for provision for those with mental health conditions.</p><p>I recognise that supported housing for those with a mental health condition can be a complex area of provision, and officials will continue to work closely with this part of sector, for example with service providers such as Rethink Mental illness, to ensure that our decisions on detailed policy design here are as informed as possible<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/01/2018 17:29:24 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

824682

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Homelessness: Cornwall
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 he has made of the number of homeless people in Cornwall; and what assessment he has made of the trend in the level of homelessness in that area in the past five years.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	123483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief. These are published at a local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p>We are supporting 48 projects through our £20 million Rough Sleeping Grant, with £470,000 awarded to Cornwall for services to work in partnership and prevent people from sleeping rough through identifying those at risk as well as assisting people into emergency accommodation.</p><p>The Government remains committed to combating homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we are aiming to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. To achieve this, we have set up a Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce that will focus on prevention and affordable housing.</p><p>We also supported the Homelessness Reduction Act which commences in April 2018. The Act significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/01/2018 14:22:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

823395

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Landlords
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 tenants will be able to access the database of rogue landlords and property agents due to be published in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The national rogue landlord database will be a new tool to help local housing authorities with their housing standards enforcement work. It is part of a package of measures introduced by the Government under the Housing and Planning Act 2016, including new powers to ban landlords and to issue civil penalties for housing offences of up to £30,000.</p><p>The Act makes clear that information held on the database may not be published unless it is anonymised and the database will not be made public. Local housing authorities may wish to consider locally publicising successful banning orders they obtain. Once launched, we will keep under review the operation of the database and its use by local housing authorities to tackle rogue landlords</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2018 15:47:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler previous answer version 35481 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

823411

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Homelessness
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 5 January 2018 to Question 118353, for what reasons the homelessness funding announced in Budget 2016 is not being made available until 2018-19 in parts of England outside London.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	122891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>It is our priority to ensure that the Move On Fund meets the needs of those who are homeless and victims of domestic abuse. As such the Department is taking time to tailor the design of the programme to work for the rest of England.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/01/2018 13:01:21 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler previous answer version 35486 answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey