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1687963

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date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Children's Play: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the role of safe spaces for play in the healthy development of children; and if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on steps his Department is taking to help ensure that children have access to such spaces.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>In January 2024, the Department published the guidance Improving the mental health of babies, children and young people. This recognises that outdoor learning can provide the building blocks for successful learning and attainment of engagement, enjoyment, social skills and self-regulated behaviour, experiencing success, and wellbeing and confidence.</p><p>The Government has put policies in place to require local authorities to provide access to open spaces for sport and physical activity, which is important for the health and well-being of communities. Officials in the Department are engaging across the Government on this, and a wide range of issues, to promote healthier places.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/02/2024 15:29:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687965

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of youth clubs available to young people since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold the data requested. Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people in their area. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which is due to rise to more than £64 billion in 2024-25. We have worked with local authorities and with the youth sector to update the statutory guidance that underpins local authorities’ duty to support them in adequately meeting the needs of young people.</p><p>The Government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people, which is why we have committed to the National Youth Guarantee. This includes the delivery of up to 300 new and refurbished youth spaces and services in left behind areas through the Youth Investment Fund, totalling over £300 million.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/02/2024 11:56:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687966

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Recreation Spaces: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to green spaces.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>National Planning Policy sets out that access to high quality open spaces and opportunities for sport and physical activity are important for the health and well-being of communities.</p><p>The Government is firmly committed to protecting and creating more parks and green spaces. Through the Levelling Up Parks Fund we have provided £9 million to create new or significantly refurbish existing green spaces.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 13/02/2024 15:06:53 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687968

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Playgrounds: Disability and Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility to local playgrounds for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>The department published the Disability Action Plan on 5 February 2024 which includes measures looking at the accessibility of playgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>A large amount of guidance about how to improve playground accessibility is already available, but practitioners are not always able to locate this advice. The Disability Unit will create an online hub of information for local authorities on creating accessible playgrounds with a new families disabled people’s experience panel helping to support the hub’s development.</p><p> </p><p>This is a national-level approach that should support improvements across many local authorities. We will continue to monitor this area, as well as working with partners to explore the potential for new or updated guidance.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/02/2024 13:55:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687978

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to reply to Questions 12395 and12396 on Building Safety Fund tabled on 31 January for answer on 5 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>These have been answered.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 19/02/2024 13:36:24 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687990

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) public authority and (b) hospital staff are aware of their duty to refer people who are at risk of homelessness to the necessary public services.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>Statutory Homelessness Guidance sets out the public authorities which are subject to the duty to refer, including hospitals, and the procedure for referrals.</p><p>We continue to support local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 through investing more than £1 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant, promoting the duty to refer and increasing public awareness of the prevention duty, providing extra support on personalised housing plans and streamlining data.</p><p>DLUHC jointly published guidance with DHSC in January 2024: ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness" target="_blank">Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness</a>’. This guidance is for staff in care transfer hubs and those involved in planning discharge of patients (including NHS, local authority, housing and other partners) to support with discharging patients at risk of or experiencing homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 09/02/2024 16:14:12 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687992

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to ensure that people who are released from prison have suitable accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>A settled place to live is key to reducing reoffending, cutting crime and protecting the public. Our Prisons Strategy White Paper set out our plans to reduce reoffending, including improving prison leavers’ access to accommodation.</p><p>In July 2021, we launched a new transitional accommodation service, Community Accommodation Service - Tier 3 (CAS3), providing up to 12 weeks accommodation on release with support to move to settled accommodation, for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness, in five probation regions. The service is now operating in all 12 probation regions, and new places continue to be added as it develops. From the commencement of the service on 1 July 2021 up to 31 March 2023, a total of 5,796 people were placed in CAS3 accommodation.</p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, through its Accommodation for Ex-Offenders scheme (AfEO), to build a pathway from prison, ensuring prison leavers can move-on into settled accommodation. We have also increased the number of Strategic Housing Specialists across England and Wales to 48 FTE and have embedded the Homelessness Prevention Teams within Probation regions to strengthen strategic relationships between prisons, probation and local authorities and build accommodation pathways.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/02/2024 13:59:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687993

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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	Social Rented Housing: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the nature of challenges to access social housing for people aged 16 to 24.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>Local Housing Authorities do not allocate social housing based on age. Social housing is prioritised for those in identified housing need by means of the statutory ‘reasonable preference’ (priority) requirements.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 12/02/2024 16:32:16 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1687994

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle age-based discrimination in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>Everyone is entitled to a safe and decent home, regardless of their age. The Renters (Reform) Bill will deliver the Government’s commitment to ‘a fairer private rented sector’. Our reforms will improve the system for all responsible tenants, providing greater security and certainty of quality accommodation - including for the growing numbers of older people living in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 12/02/2024 14:36:07 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1688000

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Homelessness: Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing discretionary housing payments to help reduce homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Current rental data and the broader fiscal context were considerations in the Secretary of State’s review of Local Housing Allowance rates last Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Autumn Statement (AS) from April 2024 the Government is investing £7bn over five years to increase Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents in 2024/25. This is in addition to the around £30bn spent annually on housing support. Taken together with the wider benefits uprating, this will improve housing affordability for low-income households on benefits renting in the private sector, helping them afford their rent and reducing the risk of rent arrears and homelessness.</p><p> </p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs This is not restricted to those who meet the statutory definition of being at risk or homeless, which allows DHPs to be used to stabilise tenancies and thus preventing the need to access to homelessness services.</p><p> </p><p>We’re providing £300m for DHPs between 2022-25. In addition to the central government contribution, English and Welsh local authorities can top up DHP funding up to a maximum of two and a half times this figure using their own funds.</p><p /><p>In addition, there has been an investment of over £1bn in DLUHC’s Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) over three years, including a £109m top-up this year (2023-24). There has also been funding of £120m to help councils address Ukraine and homelessness pressures in 2024/25, including funding for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/02/2024 14:00:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury