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748239

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reasons the Government is yet to achieve its target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK will remain an open and tolerant country; one that recognises the valuable contribution migrants make to our society and welcomes those with the skills and expertise to make our nation better. We will control immigration so that our system serves the national interest.</p><p> </p><p>As we conduct the negotiations to leave the European Union, it must be a priority to regain more control of the numbers of people who come here from Europe. It will take time to achieve that because until we leave the European Union we will still be affected by free movement rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will not solely rely on the Brexit negotiation to deliver the net migration target. We are clear that employers must move away from an unsustainable reliance on migrant workers. We have closed Tier 1 routes which allowed non-EEA migrants to come to the UK to look for work. We have reformed the employer-led Tier 2 route following expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. Through the introduction of the Immigration Skills Charge, we are encouraging employers to invest in training and up-skilling the resident workforce.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 10:22:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712474

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reduce the number of acid attacks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Attacks on people involving acids or other corrosives are a serious matter that can result in huge distress and life changing injuries. We are working with retailers to explore what action can be taken to control sales of products with a high acidic content, and we are also working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead to better understand the extent and scale of crimes involving acid to inform measures to prevent such attacks.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2017 17:20:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712480

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acid attacks there were in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of acid attacks. Acid or other corrosive attacks would be recorded though under different offence types, usually assault occasioning actual bodily harm or grievous bodily harm depending on the severity of the injuries inflicted. We are currently working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead to gather data through police forces to better understand the extent and scale of crimes involving acid and other corrosive substances.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2017 17:22:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

678092

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers (a) in total and (b) aged under 25 in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London Borough of Newham are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	61498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the ethnicity of the police workforce in each Police Force Area. Data are not collected at lower levels of geography, such as London Boroughs. These data are not broken down by age.</p><p>The latest available data are published in the “Police Workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2016” statistical bulletin:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The data shows that 12.6% of police officers in the Metropolitan Police Service were from Black and Minority ethnic backgrounds, as at 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The data can also be found on the police.uk website:</p><p><a href="http://www.police.uk/metropolitan/E05000614/performance/diversity/" target="_blank">www.police.uk/metropolitan/E05000614/performance/diversity/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/01/2017 09:28:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

523169

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Housing: Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, whether he plans to ensure that private tenants affected by (a) cancer and (b) other long-term health conditions are able to access suitable accommodation, support and protection from eviction.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	39542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The welfare system provides financial support to those with cancer and other long-term health conditions, including to help people meet the additional costs that come from these conditions.</p><p>The statutory ‘reasonable preference’ requirements ensure that priority for social housing is given to those who need to move on medical or welfare grounds. Statutory guidance on allocations makes clear that this would include people who have chronic or progressive medical conditions or long term care needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/06/2016 15:11:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

447844

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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	Housing: Newham
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 units of housing he expects to be built in the London borough of Newham in each year to 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	24336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not publish forecasts of house building. It is for local planning authorities to ensure that they plan for the full, objectively assessed housing needs in their area.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/01/2016 14:13:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

445459

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Affordable Housing: Stratford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the housing on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is affordable.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	22854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>There is outline planning permission for approximately 6,800 homes on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The target is for 31 per cent of these homes to be affordable, which means over 2,100 affordable homes across the entire site.</p><p>The exact percentage of affordable homes delivered will depend on the market conditions as each scheme comes to market.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/01/2016 16:49:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

433445

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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	Change of Use
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 applications have been made to councils for planning permission for change of use of a shop to betting premises since April 2015; and how many such applications have been successful.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/12/2015 13:39:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

428998

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	Housing Associations: Rents
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 effect of reductions in rents charged by housing associations on the number of new homes they propose to build.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	16847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>We have published an assessment of the impact of the rent reduction measures on housing associations, tenants and equality groups and the housing benefit saving resulting from these measures. The assessment can be found at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006F.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006F.pdf</a></p><p>The housing association sector is in a robust financial position, having made a surplus of £2.4 billion in 2014. We expect them to be able to find the necessary efficiencies to manage the reductions.</p><p>The Government remains committed to delivering 275,000 affordable homes by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2015 12:01:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

425328

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
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	Housing Associations: Public Sector
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 likely effect on house building of the Office of National Statistics reclassifying housing associations as public sector bodies.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	14417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics has concluded that housing associations should have been classified as public rather than private since 2008, due to several of the regulatory requirements imposed by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 introduced by the last Labour Government. This decision is purely a statistical change. Reclassification makes no material changes to the operation of housing associations. The Government is committed to developing deregulatory measures to help housing associations build more homes and help more people into home ownership.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2015 16:50:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms