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837628

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the number of anti-Semitic attacks in the UK in each year since 2010; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle such attacks.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	126747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Statistics published by the Home Office and available on the website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017</a> provide details on the number of hate crimes, although anti-Semitic attacks are not recorded separately. Figures published annually by the Community Security Trust show a disturbing increase in anti-Semitic incidents, with a total of 1,382 incidents reported in 2017.</p><p>That is why the UK became the first country to formally adopt the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. It provides a series of practical examples on how anti-Semitism manifests itself in the 21st century. In addition, Government has provided over £13.4 million (17/18) to ensure the security of Jewish faith schools, synagogues and communal buildings.</p><p>We believe the best way to tackle anti-Semitism is through effective implementation of the UK’s strong legislation against racial and religious discrimination and racially and religiously motivated crime. We also have a strong relationship with the Jewish community which has been built on the solid work of the Cross-Government working group on tackling anti-Semitism. This ensures that we are aware of any issues and concerns of the Jewish community and can respond quickly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/02/2018 17:14:50 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

834845

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes
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 successful prosecutions there have there been for failure to comply with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme under ss212-3 of the Housing Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>A tenant is able to apply to County court if they believe that their landlord has not complied with the legislation in protecting their deposit appropriately.</p><p>Details about court proceedings and their outcomes is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 06/02/2018 16:03:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834851

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to his Department's consultation entitled Improving access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse, published on 30 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	126273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The consultation sought views on proposals for new statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing by victims of domestic abuse in refuges. The consultation closed on 5 January 2018. We received nearly 200 responses which are currently being analysed. We will be issuing the final guidance in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/02/2018 10:47:40 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834261

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	Social Rented 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, when he plans to publish the social housing green paper.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
uin	125886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Social Housing Green Paper will be informed by the Housing Minister’s programme of tenant engagement; 11 of 12 tenant engagement events have been completed, with one more planned in February. Social housing tenants also have opportunity to share their views and concerns through an online survey until at least 16 February. Our aim is to publish in spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/02/2018 14:43:19 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

834415

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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 steps he is taking to ensure that his proposed ring-fence on local authority funding for short-term supported housing will be in place for the longer term.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	126034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We have already committed to a long-term ring-fence. Our recent consultations on supported housing closed on 23 January, we will now consider all responses and provide a full response in the early summer</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/02/2018 14:42:42 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

833715

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of rough sleeping in England in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	125474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. The Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will design and drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to achieve this. This will include a timeline and action plan for meeting this commitment.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 06/02/2018 12:59:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

833716

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Sleeping Rough
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 cost of the increase in rough sleeping since 2010 on (a) local authorities and (b) other public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	125475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We know that rough sleeping is damaging for individuals, and can be costly to public services. It is for this reason the Government has committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. The Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will design and drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to achieve this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/02/2018 16:03:50 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

833906

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	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, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to reform leaseholds and registered social landlords.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	125664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and on 21 December 2017 set out a range of measures to tackle abuses and unfair practices in the leasehold market.</p><p>This includes introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances; restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value); and working with the Law Commission to support existing leaseholders - including making buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper.</p><p>We will bring forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>We are also aiming to publish the Social Housing Green Paper in the spring. We have met a number of Registered Social Landlords and their tenants as part of this wide ranging review of the issues and concerns relating to social housing.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 06/02/2018 13:00:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

833981

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2018 to Question 124587, whether there is projected to be an (a) increase or (b) decrease in funding for supported housing in each of the next five years as a result of government decisions made since the Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	125738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Funding for housing costs across the supported accommodation sector will, over the next five years, continue to be set on the basis of current projections of future need and will take account of the costs of provision.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 02/02/2018 12:46:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

831158

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
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	Ground Rent
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 his Department is taking to tackle leaseholds with doubling ground-rents; and what support his Department provides to tenants subject to those rents.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	125166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges faced by existing leaseholders with onerous ground rents. We are currently considering how we can support existing leaseholders. A number of developers have introduced schemes to compensate individuals but we want to see this support extended to all those with onerous ground rents, including second hand buyers, and for customers to be proactively contacted. We will be checking on progress of these schemes and will consider measures that could be pursued to take action if necessary.</p><p>We will also be introducing legislation so that, in the future, ground rents on newly established leases of houses and flats are set at a peppercorn (zero financial value).</p><p>Leaseholders can seek free initial advice about ground rents and other leasehold issues via the Leasehold Advisory Service's (LEASE) website. Lease is a specialist advisory body funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to provide assistance to leaseholders. Alternatively, a telephone appointment can be booked to speak to one of LEASE's legal advisors or advice can be sought by email.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/02/2018 14:09:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova