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1657561

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Temporary Accommodation: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the data on homelessness published on 25 July that showed that more than 131,000 children were living in temporary accommodation on 31 March 2023, what steps they are taking to reduce the number of children living in temporary accommodation.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL9769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head, however the Government is committed to reducing the need for temporary accommodation by preventing homelessness before it occurs.</p><p>That is why Government has provided local authorities in excess of £1 billion over the next 3 years through the Homelessness Prevention Grant. Local authorities can use the funding flexibly to work with landlords to prevent evictions and offer financial support for people to find a new home and move out of temporary accommodation.</p><p>This is on top of total government support of over £94 billion over 2022-23 and 2023- 24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of living. This includes Cost of Living Payments for the most vulnerable, meaning around 8 million households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to a further £900 in payments this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL9770 question first answered 15/09/2023 13:55:36 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1657562

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Homelessness: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support families at risk of homelessness.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL9770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head, however the Government is committed to reducing the need for temporary accommodation by preventing homelessness before it occurs.</p><p>That is why Government has provided local authorities in excess of £1 billion over the next 3 years through the Homelessness Prevention Grant. Local authorities can use the funding flexibly to work with landlords to prevent evictions and offer financial support for people to find a new home and move out of temporary accommodation.</p><p>This is on top of total government support of over £94 billion over 2022-23 and 2023- 24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of living. This includes Cost of Living Payments for the most vulnerable, meaning around 8 million households on eligible means-tested benefits will get up to a further £900 in payments this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL9769 question first answered 15/09/2023 13:55:36 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1657593

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Parks and Playgrounds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make longer-term and consistent funding available to local authorities for park and playground provision, particularly smaller play spaces in more deprived areas.
tabling member printed	Earl Russell
uin	HL9836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1 billion or 9.4% in cash terms on 2022/23. This boost in funding demonstrates how Government stands behind councils up and down the country. The majority of the funding is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities. On top of this, the £9 million UK-wide Levelling Up Parks Fund has provided specific funding to deliver improved green spaces in communities with the lowest access and a further £30 million will be provided to overhaul 30 local parks in England with a focus on improving facilities for young families.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 18/09/2023 15:49:49 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4983 label Biography information for Earl Russell

1657616

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Certification Quality Marks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why the use of both the UK Conformity Assessment mark and the EU’s CE mark will be allowed indefinitely for UK companies in the electronic, industrial, consumer and other sectors, but not for construction products produced in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL9780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>As my Rt. Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities set out in his statement of 20 April 2023, the Government is developing proposals for reform of the UK's construction product regime to ensure it is effective in promoting safety and inspires public and market confidence.</p><p>Our reforms, which we will set out in due course, will set out the future approach to product marking for construction products. In the meantime, recognition of CE marking will continue until the end of June 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 15/09/2023 13:57:27 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1657677

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Electric Vehicles: Parking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made to ensure the safety of multi-storey car parks given the increasing number of heavy electric vehicles.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL9809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Responsibility for the safety of a building and its occupants rests with building owners and is covered by Occupiers Liability and Health and Safety legislation. A building designed to carry vehicles on multiple levels will have an engineered load bearing capacity; it is the responsibility of the building owner to ensure that operational weight limits take into account the type or structural condition of the building and its capacity to support vehicles. The standards used for the structural design of buildings (Eurocodes) and referred to in the statutory guidance to the Building Regulations with regards to structural safety (Approved Document A) are currently under review by a panel of international experts. We expect the review of these standards to include considerations associated with electrical vehicles.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 18/09/2023 15:49:13 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1655143

registered interest
date	25/07/2023
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	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built so far during the current Parliament; how many are conversions from offices and retail and are not newly built; and how many are suitable for family occupation with a garden or play space as part of the property.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
uin	HL9716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes an annual release entitled 'Housing supply: Net Additional Dwellings, England', which includes estimates of the components of housing supply, in each year since 2006-07, in Table 120 at this link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ca38fd166872e498d2d5308db8f63f4d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638261431685057303%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5qKLvfEE4kqeTUELpPqz9fN9C5XcBVWZBYRSpGak6qg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">live-tables-on net supply of housing</a>.</p><p>Data on dwellings suitable for family occupation with a garden or play space are not centrally collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 31/07/2023 11:57:49 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Live tables on housing supply net additional dwellings.pdf title Net supply of housing
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

1655145

registered interest
date	25/07/2023
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	Rented Housing: Flats
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9153), whether legislation in the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in apartment blocks which ban short lets.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL9723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the previous answer given on this matter <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-07-06/hl9153" target="_blank">HL9153 </a>on 20 July 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 31/07/2023 11:35:52 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL9153.pdf title PQ HL9153
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1655152

registered interest
date	25/07/2023
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	Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Fifth Opinion on the United Kingdom of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in respect of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL9732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government acknowledges the report from the Advisory Committee. We are studying its recommendations and will publish our response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 01/08/2023 11:45:37 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1655048

registered interest
date	24/07/2023
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to support (1) business organisations, and (2) community stakeholders, to ensure the sustainability of new high street stores.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2023 answer text <p>A £400 billion package helped businesses impacted by COVID-19, whilst almost £8 billion has been invested in long-term initiatives to strengthen our local businesses including the 3-year Exchequer funded Transitional Relief scheme, worth £1.6 billion, which supports around 700,000 ratepayers in England. In addition to this, £830 million is currently being invested through the Future High Streets Fund helping 72 places to renew and reshape their town centres and high streets in a way that improves experience, drives growth and ensures future sustainability.</p><p>The Government is empowering community groups to thrive now and in the future. The Community Ownership Fund is a £150 million fund to support community groups to take ownership of beloved assets at risk of closure. We recognise it can sometimes be hard for community groups to raise the funding needed to buy or renovate the asset. The Fund will support community groups and run assets sustainably for the long-term benefit of the community.</p><p>Government will also be shortly piloting up to 10 High Street Accelerators which will bring together representatives from business and the community as well as others to transform their high street.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 31/07/2023 11:59:00 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1655051

registered interest
date	24/07/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9154), whether inserted sections 16B and 16C of clause 7 of the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in blocks of flats which explicitly prohibit pets which may cause a nuisance.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL9644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <p>Further to the answer given in response to question HL9154 on 20 July, sections 16B and 16C of the Renters (Reform) Bill will not override lease agreements that prohibit pets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 28/07/2023 12:28:31 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott