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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

1132864

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	Buildings: Insulation
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 is aware of any fire safety tests carried out in the UK on High Pressure Laminate cladding since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	266179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We are not aware of any test carried out in the UK on High Pressure Laminates (HPL) panels since June 2017 other than the tests the Government is currently undertaking on</p><p><br> The Department is aware that manufacturers routinely carry out fire safety tests of their products but is not automatically made aware of these. The Building Research Establishment has published a catalogue of tests which it has undertaken where companies which have commissioned the test have agreed that the test be disclosed</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 16:40:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132881

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	Building Control Performance Standards Advisory Group
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 reason his Department has not published data from the Building Control Performance Standards Advisory Group since July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	266188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the Department has prioritised urgent operational and policy work to ensure that people are safe in their homes now and in future. We intend to publish the building control performance standards data later this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 12:57:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132906

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	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
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 17 June 2019 to Questions 263119 on Social Rented Housing Regulation, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's review of social housing regulation.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	266206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Our review of social housing regulation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 16:40:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1132968

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	Homelessness
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 his Department has made of the proportion of homeless people in England who (a) are veterans of the armed services, (b) have recently been released from prison and (c) have previously been in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	266259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <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.</p><p>In March we allocated an additional £1 million of bespoke funding to support ex- members of the armed forces who are or are at risk of becoming homeless. The funding has been allocated between the Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, and will be used to develop new services and support them in engaging with existing service provision.</p><p>Accommodation data for Armed force veterans is limited as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect statistics on whether or not people sleeping rough have served in the armed forces.</p><p>However, the Combined Homelessness and Information Network stats suggest that 3 per cent of the rough sleeping population in London have served in the armed Forces.</p><p>We do not collect data on how many people, owed a statutory homeless duty, are veterans. However, in April 2018 my Department introduced a data capturing tool, the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection referred to as H-CLIC which captures the support needs of a household, including if someone has a support need as a result of being in the armed forces. The latest H-CLIC data for October to December 2018 shows that of the 61,410 households in England who were owed a homelessness duty in England, 0.72 per cent had support needs because they had previously served in the armed forces. This does not include households that did not approach their local authority for help or those who do not require additional support because they previously served.</p><p>In terms of prisoners released, during October to December 2018, 1.8 per cent of the 61,410 households owed a homeless duty in England were homeless on departure from prison.</p><p>Information is not held on people previously in receipt of universal credit who are owed a homeless duty.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/06/2019 15:19:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1132463

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Social Rented Housing: Insulation
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 his Department will provide funding to enable social housing providers to remediate high pressure laminate cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	265522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Government intervention to provide funding to speed up the removal of unsafe ACM (Aluminium Composite Material) cladding is wholly exceptional. This is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses. The Government has consistently made clear that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner. We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-ACM cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:50:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132467

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Lakanal House: Fires
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 (a) discussions and (b) correspondence his Department has had with Kensington and Chelsea tenant management organisation on the recommendations of the coroner investigating the Lakanal House fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	265523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not found any record of any direct contact with the Tenants Management Office from that period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 15:08:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132521

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
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 any (a) current and (b) former Ministers in his Department have been questioned under caution by the Metropolitan Police in connection with the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	265524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>It is a matter for the Metropolitan Police to disclose the names of the those they have questioned as part of their investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:50:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132527

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Housing: Construction
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 local planning authorities setting requirements for a specific proportion of new homes to be built to accessible and adaptable standards.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	265598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made a recent estimate but estimates were included in the impact assessment published when the Optional Building regulations’ standard for accessible housing, including wheelchair accessible housing, was introduced in 2015.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 15:05:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1132528

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Housing: Construction
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 wheelchair accessible homes be built by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	265599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made a recent estimate but estimates were included in the impact assessment published when the Optional Building regulations’ standard for wheelchair accessible housing was introduced in 2015.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:59:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes