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1139274

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	Refuges: Closures
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 she has made of the number of women's refuges that have closed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	277638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold centrally the number of women's refuges that have closed since <a target="_blank">2010.</a></p><p>We are currently consulting on the Future Delivery of Support to Victims and their Children in Accommodation-Based Domestic Abuse Services closing on 2 August. The proposals for a statutory duty will require local authorities to convene a Local Partnership Board. Local Partnership Boards will be responsible for robustly assessing need for support for victims and their children in safe accommodation, developing, agreeing and publishing an area-wide Domestic Abuse Strategy, ensuring local commissioning of support services is in line with this to meet the diverse support needs of victims and their children and report to central Government on progress.</p><p>It is our intention that the proposals for a statutory duty, subject to the outcome of the public consultation, will form part of the Domestic Abuse Bill at a later stage.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/07/2019 14:02:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1137493

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Homelessness: LGBT+ People
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 he has made of the effect of reductions in funding for local government on housing provision for homeless LGBTQ+ young people.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	274437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that LGBT homelessness is an important issue, particularly among young people and that LGBT people who find themselves homeless may have a different experience of homelessness due to their protected characteristics. However, data on this issue is limited. This why we are currently undertaking research with the Government Equalities Office into the nature of LGBT homelessness that we also committed to in the LGBT Action Plan.</p><p>The research will be carried out in two stages. The first will include a review of existing evidence on LGBT homelessness and interviews with LGBT people with lived experience of homelessness. We are working with Sheffield Hallam University to deliver Phase 1. The second will include a review of services working with LGBT homeless people. We expect Phase 2 to begin later this year.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>In its first year, our Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.  This year we have expanded the RSI with investment of £46 million for 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 2,600 bed spaces and 750 staff.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/07/2019 13:42:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132799

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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 steps he is taking to record the number of people sleeping rough in makeshift camps in official rough sleeping statistics.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	266075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government's latest annual Rough Sleeping Statistics, published on 31 January 2019, include people sleeping rough in make shift camps but no separate figures about the types of sites where people are sleeping rough are recorded.</p><p>These statistics show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough in each local authority area in England, on a single night in Autumn 2018 was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751 and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.</p><p>Local authorities use a specific definition to identify people sleeping rough. This includes people sleeping or who are about to bed down in open air locations and other places including tents, cars, and makeshift shelters.</p><p>The full definition of people sleeping rough is as follows:</p><p><em>People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments). People in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or “bashes” which are makeshift shelters, often comprised of cardboard boxes). The definition does not include people in hostels or shelters, people in campsites or other sites used for recreational purposes or organised protest, squatters or travellers. Bedded down is taken to mean either lying down or sleeping. About to bed down includes those who are sitting in/on or near a sleeping bag or other bedding.</em></p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/06/2019 12:48:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132800

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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 his Department has made of the number people living in makeshift homeless camps who have been removed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	266076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect any statistics on the number of people living in people living in makeshift homeless camps who have been removed to provide an estimate.</p><p>The annual Rough Sleeping Statistics, published on 31 January 2019, include people sleeping rough in make shift camps but no separate figures about the types of sites where people are sleeping rough are recorded or whether they have been removed.</p><p>These statistics show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough in each local authority area in England, on a single night in Autumn 2018 was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751 and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.</p><p>Local authorities use a specific definition to identify people sleeping rough. This includes people sleeping or who are about to bed down in open air locations and other places including tents, cars, and makeshift shelters.</p><p>The full definition of people sleeping rough is as follows:</p><p><em>People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments). People in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or “bashes” which are makeshift shelters, often comprised of cardboard boxes). The definition does not include people in hostels or shelters, people in campsites or other sites used for recreational purposes or organised protest, squatters or travellers. Bedded down is taken to mean either lying down or sleeping. About to bed down includes those who are sitting in/on or near a sleeping bag or other bedding.</em></p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/06/2019 12:56:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1109256

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Homelessness: Mortality Rates
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 reduce the death rate among homeless people.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	239862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Every death of someone sleeping rough on our streets is one too many and we take this matter extremely seriously. The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>It should not happen that people die prematurely and on the street because they are homeless. Whilst we recognise that suitable housing is a key part of the solution, health services have a significant role to play, alongside other public services. My department is working with the Department for Health and Social Care to ensure that rough sleepers have the health care they need, when they need it. The 10 year NHS long-term plan sets out that the NHS will invest up to £30 million on health services for people sleeping rough from 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/04/2019 12:56:11 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1109258

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of emergency cold weather accommodation for rough sleepers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	239863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In periods of severe weather, Severe Weather Emergency Provision (SWEP) is triggered and local authorities work closely with charities to provide basic emergency accommodation to minimise the risk of harm to individuals who are sleeping rough. Local authorities take a common sense approach to activating SWEP, which may be triggered by extreme cold, heavy rain, high winds or extreme heat.</p><p>We recognise the additional challenges that cold weather poses for local authorities in terms of rough sleeping. On 31 October 2018, we launched the Cold Weather Fund, of up to £5 million, for all local authorities to provide a robust, local response to support rough sleepers off the streets prior to the impending winter period. Over 160 local authorities were granted funding under this scheme and funding was made available for over 1,000 additional bed spaces.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/04/2019 10:02:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1093473

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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	Refuges: 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, what assessment he has made of the availability of refuges for victims of domestic abuse in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	235740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>My Department does not hold information on the availability of refuges for victims of domestic abuse in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands. However, I am pleased to confirm that Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council led the West Midlands in successful pan-regional bids for both the 2016-18 £20 million and the 2018-20 £22 million funds, building upon their regional partnership, increase refuge provision and remove barriers to accessing refuge. Through the 2016-18 fund the West Midlands was awarded £639,253 over the two years, including receiving a share of the £1.1 million top up funding. In the current 2018-20 fund the West Midlands has been awarded £638,849, with the first instalment being released December 2019 and the remaining to be released in the new financial year.</p><p>My department has also carried out a review of how domestic abuse services are locally commissioned and funded across England. We have worked closely with sector partners, drawing on their data, expertise and knowledge and taken account of the findings of an independent audit of provision of domestic abuse services across England, led by Ipsos MORI. Following the review, we intend to consult on potential measures for sustainable delivery of support for victims and their children in accommodation-based services for domestic abuse across England shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/03/2019 10:53:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1006048

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
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 recent estimate he has made of the number of the tenants that are evicted by their landlord before the end date of their tenancy.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	190754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The 2016-17 English Housing Survey found that 10 per cent of private renters who have moved in the last three years have done so because they were ‘asked to leave or given notice by the landlord’. Government is committed to taking steps to make renting more secure. In the private rented sector, we have recently consulted on overcoming the barriers to longer tenancies. We will be responding shortly.</p><p>Most social tenants have lifetime tenancies which do not have an end date.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/11/2018 15:57:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

999213

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Tenants
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 guidance his Department has issued to housing associations on the proximity of vulnerable people in nearby accommodation when placing known problem tenants.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	186172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Private Registered Providers of social housing, housing associations registered with the Social Housing Regulator, must comply with the Regulator's standards framework. The standard on allocations compels Private Registered Providers of social housing to allocate their properties in a fair, transparent and efficient way; taking into account the housing needs and aspirations of tenants and potential tenants. They must also demonstrate how their lettings make the best use of available housing, are compatible with the purpose of the housing, and contribute to local authorities’ strategic housing function and sustainable communities. As private bodies, it is for Private Registered Providers of social housing to create and implement an allocations strategy for their properties that enables them to meet the requirements of this standard.</p><p>The Regulator’s standards framework also requires that Private Registered Providers of social housing work in partnership with other public agencies to prevent and tackle anti-social behaviour in the neighbourhoods where they own homes and demonstrate that prompt, appropriate and decisive action is taken to deal with anti-social behaviour before it escalates.</p><p>The Regulator's standards are published at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulatory-standards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulatory-standards</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2018 17:30:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

989450

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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	Homelessness: Mental Health
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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of long-term homelessness on mental health.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	180636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on matters of mutual departmental interest, including through the Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce.</p><p>We recognise that poor mental health can both contribute to, and be exacerbated by, homelessness and rough sleeping. Having stable and appropriate housing is invaluable for people living with a long-term mental health problem. We also know that rough sleeping can exacerbate existing, underlying mental health conditions and can result in a mental health crisis.</p><p>In 2018/19 the Department for Health and Social Care will provide up to £2 million in health funding to test models of community-based provision designed to enable access to health and support services for people who are sleeping rough. This will include services to support people with both mental ill health and substance misuse issues. We are undertaking a rapid audit of provision targeted at people who sleep rough that can be used to inform future commissioning decisions. The Department for Health and Social Care has asked NHS England to spend up to £30 million on health services for people who sleep rough, over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/10/2018 16:07:51 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham