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1243500

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform
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 6 March 2020 to Question 22054, what his timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on leasehold and commonhold reform.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	103629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We are taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market. <br> <br> In January this year the Law Commission published the first of four reports, on the valuation aspects of enfranchisement, and on 21 July on the remaining aspects of enfranchisement as well as Commonhold and Right to Manage. We will consider all their recommendations carefully and respond in due course. <br> <br> Details can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawcom.gov.uk%2Fproject%2Fresidential-leasehold-and-commonhold%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C0bd0dd73720a46bc750f08d87430734f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637387098719723171%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=1lNZMrsWRKi1ibXp9bdH9tWnWrVjbchYqmGGF9%2FE00U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/residential-leasehold-and-commonhold/.</a> <br> <br> Given the impact of Covid-19 on the legislative agenda, we will bring forward leasehold legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2020 13:18:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1243568

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Temporary Accommodation
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 assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of emergency accommodation for people with nowhere safe to stay in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	103635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>Government has taken significant steps, backed by substantial funding to bring forward support and accommodation for rough sleepers. During the pandemic, we have worked closely with local authorities and the sector to offer vulnerable people safe accommodation and support. That work is ongoing and in September we had successfully supported over 29,000 people, with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 provided with settled accommodation or move on support. This work was supported by the £4.8 billion that Government has given to local authorities to respond to the challenges of COVID-19, which includes their work on rough sleeping.</p><p>Additionally, we launched the £266 million Next Steps Accommodation Programme (NSAP). This makes available the financial resources needed to support local authorities and their partners to prevent these people from returning to the streets. The NSAP is made up of two parts, the first part which funds immediate support to ensure people and the rest to bring forward long-term accommodation and move-on support.</p><p>On 17 September we announced local authority allocations for the short-term funding aspect of the Next Steps Accommodation Programme. £91.5 million was allocated to 274 councils in England to help vulnerable people housed during the pandemic.</p><p>Applications are now being considered for the rest of the fund which is intended to provide over 3,300 additional supported homes this year for those sleeping rough or currently housed in emergency accommodation. The bidding has now closed and details on successful bids will be announced in due course. This is part of broader support to provide 6,000 such homes over four years.</p><p>Finally, on 13 October, the Government announced additional support for rough sleepers this winter, giving local areas the tools they need to protect people from life-threatening cold weather and the risks posed by COVID-19.</p><p>This additional support builds on the existing package of support and funding, and includes: a new £10 million Cold Weather Fund for local areas to bring forward self-contained and COVID-secure accommodation; a new £2 million Transformation Fund for the faith, communities and voluntary sector to move away from their traditional communal models; and comprehensive guidance to the sector, produced with Public Health England and Homeless Link, to help them open shelters more safely, as a last resort and where not doing so would endanger lives.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2020 13:19:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1242977

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
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 of the new bed spaces provided by the £10 million domestic abuse safe accommodation covid-19 emergency support fund are provided by services or organisations whose sole purpose is to support victims of domestic abuse and their children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	102825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>To be eligible for funding through the MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Emergency Support Fund, applicants needed to be charities providing domestic abuse safe accommodation services in England, as stated in the Fund Prospectus, which can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F890420%2FMHCLG_COVID-19_Emergency_Support_Fund_-_updated_prospectus.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C298550b0fc3e4baf155808d871b6c9a1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637384377159107642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2FQ03BA9GI5CzgQs1TpPPaGZkoZG2MUNcYaGWEaa7FqQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/890420/MHCLG_COVID-19_Emergency_Support_Fund_-_updated_prospectus.pdf</a>.</p><p>Of the total 147 successful applications, there were 101 applications from organisations whose sole purpose is to support victims of domestic abuse and related forms of abuse.</p><p>We have extended the period for which applicants can spend their grant funding and deliver their outcome by, and this may result in some changes to initial applications. We are therefore unable to provide a breakdown of beds, in the manner requested, at this time.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2020 13:34:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1242984

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
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 new beds are being provided by each organisation that was successful in bidding for funding from £10 million domestic abuse safe accommodation covid-19 emergency support fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	102826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>In total the successful recipients of the MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Emergency Support Fund proposed opening 1546 additional bedpsaces to meet increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>We have extended the period for which applicants can spend their grant funding and deliver their outcome by, and this may result in some changes to initial applications. We are therefore unable to provide a breakdown of beds, in the manner requested, at this time.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2020 13:34:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1242985

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
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 quality standards were used in the commissioning of new domestic abuse bed spaces under the £10 million domestic abuse safe accommodation covid-19 emergency support fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	102827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Emergency Support Fund was open for safe accommodation charities, including refuges, to apply for funding to maintain their existing level of service or create additional temporary beds to meet the anticipated demand resulting from the pandemic.</p><p>To be eligible for funding, applicants had to commit to meet the standards set out within the MHCLG Quality Standards, which can be found in Annex B in the Fund Prospectus in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F890420%2FMHCLG_COVID-19_Emergency_Support_Fund_-_updated_prospectus.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C298550b0fc3e4baf155808d871b6c9a1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637384377159107642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2FQ03BA9GI5CzgQs1TpPPaGZkoZG2MUNcYaGWEaa7FqQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/890420/MHCLG_COVID-19_Emergency_Support_Fund_-_updated_prospectus.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2020 13:33:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1242986

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
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 of the new bed spaces provided under the £10 million domestic abuse safe accommodation covid-19 emergency support fund are provided by Community Interest Companies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	102828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Of the successful recipients of the MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Emergency Support Fund, there was one organisation that was a Community Interest Company.</p><p>We have extended the period for which applicants can spend their grant funding and deliver their outcome by, and this may result in some changes to initial applications. We are therefore unable to provide a breakdown of beds, in the manner requested, at this time.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2020 13:33:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1242987

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
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 of the new bed spaces provided under the £10 million domestic abuse safe accommodation covid-19 emergency support fund are planned to exist for six months or less.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	102829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Emergency Support Fund aimed to ensure safe accommodation charities, including refuges, could continue to provide support to victims and their children during the pandemic. Charities could apply for funds to create additional temporary provision to meet short-term increases in demand as a result of the pandemic.</p><p>The timescales for additional beds created by this fund will vary depending on local circumstances and arrangements put in place by bidders. Charities can now request to extend the spending period beyond the original 31 October deadline.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2020 13:32:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1243034

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform
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 plans his Department has to respond to the Law Commission’s three reports on reforming residential leasehold and commonhold, published on 21 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	102767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market. We are working with the Law Commission to make buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, quicker and cheaper – and to reinvigorate Commonhold to provide consumers with a choice of tenure and the Right to Manage to help empower those that wish to, to take on management responsibilities for their properties</p><p><br> In January this year the Law Commission published the first of four reports, on the valuation aspects of enfranchisement, and on 21 July a further three reports on the remaining aspects of enfranchisement as well as Commonhold and Right to Manage. We will consider all their recommendations carefully and respond in due course. <br> <br> Details can be found here: <a href="https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/residential-leasehold-and-commonhold/" target="_blank">https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/residential-leasehold-and-commonhold/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/10/2020 14:47:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1242439

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Respite Care: 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 assessment his Department has made of the ability of local authorities to fund short break services to provide respite for disabled children and their families.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	102222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the pressures that the pandemic has placed on local authority finances, and are monitoring this closely through monthly financial returns.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing local authorities with an unprecedented package of support, including £3.7 billion of unringfenced grants. Local councils can use this funding to respond to pressures in their local area, including for respite services for disabled children and their families.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Prime Minister has announced a further £1 billion of funding for local authorities, details of which will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/10/2020 09:59:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1242564

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	High Streets Task Force
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 publish the list of experts appointed by the High Streets Task Force.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	102082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>This Government is providing support to local leadership with a High Streets Task Force that will give high streets and town centres the expert advice they need to adapt and thrive.</p><p>Through the Task Force local authorities in England will receive free expert advice to help them evolve their town centres and respond to the impact of COVID-19.</p><p>These high streets experts have been recruited from the Design Council, Landscape Institute, Institute of Place Management and Royal Town Planning Institute. They will work with places, bringing insight into town centre change and how to work with communities to build capacity for that change.</p><p>The High Streets Task Force will publish the full list of experts on the register in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/10/2020 14:35:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris