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1609380

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date	30/03/2023
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	Private Rented Housing: Pets
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 the Department's White Paper entitled A Fairer Private Rented Sector, published 16 June 2022, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his polices of pets considered tenancies.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	177876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment of the policies proposed in the White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’ when we bring forward legislation.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2023 11:11:07 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1608760

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Private Rented Housing: Pets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with animal welfare organisations on reforms to rules around renting to people with pets.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	176692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>Further to the answer given in response to <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-27%2F174324&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce0d0e89204aa43da952208db41a5ba74%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638175952263243884%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=05aqFVWRmhF1%2BOgog50H71bx59vjX1MmJip1Jo%2BShvs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Question UIN 174324</a> on 3 April 2023, we will legislate to give tenants in the private rented sector a legal ‘right to request a pet’ that the landlord must consider and cannot unreasonably refuse. We know that some landlords are concerned about the potential damage caused by pets, so we will also allow landlords to require insurance covering pet damage. We will legislate in the Renters Reform Bill when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We plan to publish guidance for tenants and landlords on what would constitute an unreasonable refusal of a pet before the new rules come into effect and we will provide detail on how tenants can challenge decisions in due course.</p><p>Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on GOV.UK. Officials in the department continue to engage with external stakeholders whilst developing policies for pets in the private rented sector and have discussed the proposals with animal welfare organisations.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2023 11:13:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1461485

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the publication of her Department's report, Supporting male victims of crimes considered violence against women and girls, on 5 May 2022, what plans she has to support male victims of crimes considered violence against men and boys.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>This Government is absolutely committed to supporting all victims of crimes, such as rape, domestic abuse, stalking and so called ‘honour’-based abuse . These crimes have absolutely no place in our society, and we are determined to work with the police and other key partners to confront them wherever they appear.</p><p>Both the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan are clear that they apply to all victims of these crimes, and male victims will benefit from the support and provisions that they contain.</p><p>However, we recognise that there are some specific challenges that men and boys may face. Therefore, in 2019 we published the first ever statement focused on male victims of these crimes. In March, we published a refreshed policy paper “Supporting male victims”, an informational resource on the male victims’ landscape, including the specific challenges male victims face; an outline to the support services outlook; and a guide to developing best practice.</p><p>In addition, the Government funds a range of organisations that provide specialist support to male victims – this includes, from 2019-2022, £168,000 a year for the Men’s Advice Line, a national helpline for male victims of domestic abuse, run by the charity Respect.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/05/2022 11:49:47 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith