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999315

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	Housing Revenue Accounts
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 a list of the bids the Government has received from local authorities under the scheme announced in Budget 2017 to increase housing revenue account borrowing headroom.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion additional borrowing programme, which we launched in the summer, was over subscribed with local authorities submitting a total of almost 1,000 bids exceeding £2.8 billion additional borrowing. This scale of bids helped to demonstrate local authority demand for additional borrowing and appetite to increase council house building, and helped to inform the decision to abolish the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.</p><p>The Autumn Budget confirmed the complete abolition of the borrowing cap with immediate effect. With the issuing of a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, local authorities can now borrow for house building in accordance with the Prudential Code without seeking permission for borrowing from the Government. As a result, the bids that local authorities submitted for additional borrowing through the £1 billion borrowing programme have fallen away.</p><p>We anticipate that local authorities may wish to reflect on their house building plans in light of the abolition of the borrowing cap, and may wish to develop new and even more ambitious plans for house building. In light of this, it would not be appropriate to publish details about the schemes that local authorities submitted to the £1 billion borrowing programme, as these schemes may now be out of date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 186188 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999324

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	Housing Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the scheme announced in Budget 2017 to increase housing revenue account borrowing headroom, if he will publish (a) the additional borrowing headroom and (b) any additional linked grant funding applied for by councils under that scheme, by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion additional borrowing programme, which we launched in the summer, was over subscribed with local authorities submitting a total of almost 1,000 bids exceeding £2.8 billion additional borrowing. This scale of bids helped to demonstrate local authority demand for additional borrowing and appetite to increase council house building, and helped to inform the decision to abolish the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.</p><p>The Autumn Budget confirmed the complete abolition of the borrowing cap with immediate effect. With the issuing of a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, local authorities can now borrow for house building in accordance with the Prudential Code without seeking permission for borrowing from the Government. As a result, the bids that local authorities submitted for additional borrowing through the £1 billion borrowing programme have fallen away.</p><p>We anticipate that local authorities may wish to reflect on their house building plans in light of the abolition of the borrowing cap, and may wish to develop new and even more ambitious plans for house building. In light of this, it would not be appropriate to publish details about the schemes that local authorities submitted to the £1 billion borrowing programme, as these schemes may now be out of date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 186186 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997681

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Expenditure
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 much his Department has spent on homelessness programmes (a) in total and (b) by programme in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost. However, over this spending review period we have allocated over £1.2 billion in funding to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, as well as supporting the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act. This includes:</p><ul><li>£316 million of core funding to local authorities;</li><li>£215 million of central Government funding for homelessness programmes, which includes £28 million for our Housing First pilots and the £20 million Private Rented Sector Access Fund announced at Autumn Budget 2017;</li><li>£100 million to deliver low-cost ‘move-on’ accommodation places, for people leaving hostels and refuges to make a sustainable recovery; and</li><li>£617 million in Flexible Homelessness Support Grant funding which gives local authorities greater flexibility to prioritise homelessness prevention in their areas.</li></ul> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:55:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997771

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Pay
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 staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>None of the Department's directly employed staff earns less than £10.20 per hour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2018 15:56:26 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

997792

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	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, how many councils implemented Severe Weather Emergency Protocol provision in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. It is the responsibility of each local authority to make arrangements and provide for their own Severe Weather Emergency Protocol arrangements according to their local weather conditions and needs. Guidance on the operation of SWEP is available at – <a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 185509 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997793

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	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 he has made of the cost to councils of implementing Severe Weather Emergency Protocol provision in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. It is the responsibility of each local authority to make arrangements and provide for their own Severe Weather Emergency Protocol arrangements according to their local weather conditions and needs. Guidance on the operation of SWEP is available at – <a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 185508 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997866

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
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 potential merits of providing Pillar 2 CAP funding for England through the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will be a new fund which affords a fresh opportunity to spend money according to our own priorities rather than those set by the EU.</p><p>We want to ensure that the UKSPF is designed to support rural economies and communities.</p><p>We intend to consult on the design and priorities of the UKSPF later this year. This will inform decisions on the operation and allocations of the Fund which will be taken as part of the 2019 Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2018 15:56:46 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

997878

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	ABLE Humber Port
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 4 June 2018 to Question 146924 on ABLE Humber Port, what steps he is taking to monitor the effect of the Government’s investment in the Able Marine Energy Park.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	185644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government awarded £14.9 million in the 2014-15 financial year as part of its Building Foundations for Growth Fund. The release of this funding was dependant on the Accountable Body, North Lincolnshire Council, verifying that the site had reached agreed milestones. The Accountable Body confirmed that all conditions for the grant had been met. Further development of ABLE is a commercial matter for the company.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2018 15:57:26 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn