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1170218

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	Local Government: Business Interests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Earl of Courtown on 4 November 2019 (HL380), whether they intend to instruct local authorities to maintain a public register of the disclosable pecuniary interests of officers to who delegated authority has been granted by elected members, to ensure that local government officials maintain transparency and compliance with the Nolan Principles.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>It is a matter for each council to put in place whatever arrangements it considers appropriate for the recording and disclosure of officers' interests. Many councils have a code of conduct which covers the handling of officer interests, or details are included in their contracts. <br> <br> In addition, there is a statutory requirement under section 117 of the Local Government Act 1972 that officers should declare if they have any pecuniary interest in a contract awarded.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/01/2020 16:29:20 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1144173

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Private Rented Housing: Older People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tenants over the age of 60 currently live in private rental accommodation; whether this proportion of older people in private rental accommodation is increasing, and if so, how rapidly; and what plans they have, if any, to take action to increase security for older tenants, including repealing section 21 of the Housing Act to prevent landlords from being able to evict tenants at short notice without giving a reason.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL17661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del><ins class="ministerial">The latest English Housing Survey for 2017-18 estimates that there are 379,000 households where the Household Reference Person is 65 years and older, the age range for which data is collated by the annual English Housing Survey. The proportion of people aged 65 or over in the private rented sector has remained broadly stable at 8-9 per cent since 2014/15.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We know that security of tenure is a concern for many in the private rented sector, including older renters. That is why the Government announced in April that it proposes to create new rules around ending a tenancy by reviewing. Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. These proposals are currently subject to consultation until 12 October and accompanied by a package of court reforms to make the system faster and simpler. The Government’s proposed measures will provide greater certainty for tenants and make the housing market fit for the 21st century.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/09/2019 16:39:42 question first ministerially corrected 02/10/2019 11:45:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie previous answer version 135498 answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1149798

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	English Language: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any of the funds pledged to the Integration Areas Programme in the September spending round will be used for the provision of childcare services for English for Speakers of Other Languages participants.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	uin	HL90
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>At the September Spending Round, it was announced that MHCLG will be provided with an additional £10 million to create a second wave of Integration Areas in 2020/21.</p><p>As the Chancellor stated, MHCLG shall ensure that English language provision is a major component of these new areas - helping to support thousands of the estimated 1 million adults in the UK who do not speak English well or at all.</p><p>We shall bring forward further details on this second wave of the Integration Area programme in due course.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL91 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:59:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1149799

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	English Language: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the funds pledged for the Integration Areas Programme will be used for English for Speakers of Other Languages provision.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	uin	HL91
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>At the September Spending Round, it was announced that MHCLG will be provided with an additional £10 million to create a second wave of Integration Areas in 2020/21.</p><p>As the Chancellor stated, MHCLG shall ensure that English language provision is a major component of these new areas - helping to support thousands of the estimated 1 million adults in the UK who do not speak English well or at all.</p><p>We shall bring forward further details on this second wave of the Integration Area programme in due course.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL90 question first answered 28/10/2019 15:59:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1141931

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the review of the implementation of the package of reforms they undertook to carry out by 2019 in their response to Check, challenge, appeal: Reforming business rates appeals—consultation on statutory implementation, published in March 2017; and what formal procedures are being put in place to ensure that ratepayers and their representatives have an opportunity to submit representations to that review.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
	uin	HL17475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government will communicate the outcomes of its review into the Check Challenge Appeal reforms in due course. We expect that the review will draw upon the formal evaluation of the new system which is being led by the Valuation Office Agency and which is currently underway. This evaluation includes engagement with ratepayers and their representatives. MHCLG and the Valuation Office Agency also work closely together to engage with ratepayers and their representatives on the new appeals system and other issues on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/08/2019 13:30:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1150313

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	Business Rates: Valuation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 8 October (HC294199), when the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will (1) launch, and (2) conclude, its review of the effectiveness of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system; and whether business rates payers will be consulted as part of such a review.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
	uin	HL178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the Check, Challenge, Appeal system. As the full impact of the policy can only be assessed after the end of the appeals cycle, my Department intends to first conduct an interim review of the reforms, with a fuller review following after the end of the 2017 rating list. The Government intends to complete the interim review by the end of 2019. The VOA is also conducting a customer evaluation of the delivery of the new system, which will include consultation with a range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/10/2019 14:02:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1171187

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	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	Business Rates: Valuation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 30 October 2019 (HL178), whether (1) their interim review, and (2) the Valuation Office Agency's customer evaluation, of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system has concluded; and when they intend to publish the results of each.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
	uin	HL458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government intends to communicate the outcomes of the interim review of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system shortly. The Valuation Office Agency is currently conducting the customer evaluation of the delivery of the new system and intends to publish this in autumn 2020.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/01/2020 16:59:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1147642

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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: Care Leavers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards reducing the numbers of care leavers who are (1) rough sleeping, and (2) homeless, in 2019; and what steps they are taking to achieve further reductions in those numbers.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
	uin	HL17968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/10/2019 15:49:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

1156322

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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	Temporary Accommodation: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families have been living in temporary accommodation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
	uin	HL406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p>The government has undertaken a significant programme of work backed by over £1.2 billion, to tackle homelessness. This includes supporting local authorities in the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, increasing access to the private rented sector for families in temporary accommodation (TA) and supporting London boroughs to procure TA more efficiently.</p><p>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.</p><p>The following data refers to the number of households with children who were living in temporary accommodation on 31 March on each of the past 5 years.</p><p>31 March 2015: 51,210</p><p>31 March 2016: 56,430</p><p>31 March 2017: 60,980</p><p>31 March 2018: 61,610</p><p>31 March 2019: 62,010</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 04/11/2019 12:32:57 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

1156323

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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	Temporary Accommodation: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been living in temporary accommodation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
	uin	HL407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p>The government has undertaken a significant programme of work backed by over £1.2 billion, to tackle homelessness. This includes supporting local authorities in the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, increasing access to the private rented sector for families in temporary accommodation (TA) and supporting London boroughs to procure TA more efficiently.</p><p>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</p><p>The number of children living in temporary accommodation is down from its peak in June 2006 at 130,470, with 126,020 in March 2019.</p><p>The following data refers to the number of children who were living in temporary accommodation on 31 March on each of the past 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>31 March 2015: 98,620</p><p>31 March 2016: 111,060</p><p>31 March 2017: 120,520</p><p>31 March 2018: 123,520</p><p>31 March 2019: 126,020</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 04/11/2019 12:36:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel