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819836

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: 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, for what reasons the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme invitation for funding published on 23 November 2017, issued jointly by his Department and the Home Office is not open to equivalent asylum dispersal local authorities in other regions and constituent parts of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121909 121910 121911 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819837

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: 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, whether his Department plans to extend the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme, or an alternative scheme, to local authorities in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121910 121911 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819840

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: 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, which local authorities in England will be eligible to apply for the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme; what criteria determines eligibility; which local authorities applied for the scheme by its deadline of 21 December 2017; what the outcome is of such applications; what the contractual requirements on local authorities are in terms of refused asylum seekers, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government invited local authorities with the highest numbers of asylum seekers receiving Government support to apply to the scheme. Ten local authorities applied by the 21 December 2017 deadline – Bradford, Coventry, Kirklees, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton. Additional applications have been received from Birmingham and Sandwell. Successful local authorities will be notified in due course.</p><p>Participating local authorities are expected to work with asylum seekers awaiting a decision and make them aware of the support available once a decision has been made, as well as preparing them for the consequences of a negative decision by supporting a voluntary return to their home countries.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/01/2018 16:33:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

816843

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 118353, on Temporary Accommodation, how much of that fund has been designated for use by England excluding London; and by what date he plans that fund to be rolled out to the rest of England.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	121270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Half of the £100 million fund is being administered by the Greater London Authority, the remaining £50 million is for the rest of England and we will make this available, ready for the next financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2018 17:23:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

810588

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Supported Housing: Finance
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 potential effect of his Department's proposed new funding model for short-term supported housing services on the number of women and children who are turned away due to lack of provision.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	120933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on the Supported Housing funding model. The Government is absolutely committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse. Funding for housing costs under the existing and proposed new models will continue at the same level. This funding will be ring-fenced and we intend this ring-fence to remain in the long term and local authorities will be required to do a needs assessment for all supported housing services, including domestic abuse.</p><p>We are also undertaking a root and branch review of how domestic abuse services are provided across England. The review will cover funding for refuges, and will be completed by Summer 2018. Thereafter, we will make decisions on the future arrangements for domestic abuse services. We are committed to working closely with the sector, drawing on their expertise and knowledge, so that we get this right.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/01/2018 18:41:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

810064

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of time housing association tenants with disabilities or long-term illness spend in care home accommodation while their house is adapted to meet their needs.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120531 120532 120533 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810065

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of housing association tenants with disabilities or long term illness living in care home residencies while their house is adapted to meet their needs.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120532 120533 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810066

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure housing associations in Garston and Halewood constituency have sufficient funding to adapt homes to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities or long-term illness.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120531 120533 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810067

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the level of funding available for housing associations to ensure homes are adapted to meet the needs of tenants with disabilities or long-term illness.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120531 120532 120534 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

810068

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of housing tenants with disabilities or long-term illness in care homes while their home is adapted to meet their needs.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	120534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely at home.</p><p>In order to comply with the Social Housing Regulator's Home Standard, housing associations need to ensure they have a prudent, planned approach to repairs and maintenance of homes, including adaptations. Registered providers must co-operate with relevant organisations to provide an adaptations service that meets tenants’ needs.</p><p>Housing associations are independent bodies and it is up to their boards to oversee business and operational matters including funding of repairs and adaptations. The board needs to ensure that their organisation is open and accountable on how it meets its objectives and must meet the standards set by the social housing regulator.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a Government funded grant that is available to eligible tenants in housing association properties. The grant can contribute towards meeting the cost of adapting an older or disabled person’s property. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 states that local authorities should approve or decline an application for a DFG as soon as reasonably practicable (and not later than with six months of being made). It is expected that local authorities should complete the works in a timely manner.</p><p>Since <a target="_blank">2012-13</a>, the Government has invested over £1.6 billion into the DFG, providing around 250,000 adaptations by the end of the <a target="_blank">2017-18</a> financial year. In the 2015 Spending Review, the DFG received year-on-year increases and will more than double from £220 million in <a target="_blank">2015-16</a> to over £500 million by 2020.</p><p>Liverpool was given £6,437,470 from the original DFG budget of £431 million for <a target="_blank">2017-18</a>. It will also be allocated a share of funding from the additional £42 million for the grant announced in Budget 2017, which will take the total amount to over £7 million. This additional funding is going to be paid out in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 120530 120531 120532 120533 question first answered 11/01/2018 18:40:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle