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1226139

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans his Department has to prevent tenants who have fallen into arrears as a result of financial hardship caused by the covid-19 outbreak being evicted from privately rented properties.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	904972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has offered unprecedented support to help prevent people getting into financial hardship or rent arrears.</p><p>We legislated to delay when landlords can evict tenants and the Master of the Rolls, with the support of the Government, paused eviction proceedings for five months, until 23 August. These measures are helping to ensure no-one loses their home this summer as a result of coronavirus.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2020 16:23:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1243568

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Temporary Accommodation
	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 his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of emergency accommodation for people with nowhere safe to stay in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	103635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>Government has taken significant steps, backed by substantial funding to bring forward support and accommodation for rough sleepers. During the pandemic, we have worked closely with local authorities and the sector to offer vulnerable people safe accommodation and support. That work is ongoing and in September we had successfully supported over 29,000 people, with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 provided with settled accommodation or move on support. This work was supported by the £4.8 billion that Government has given to local authorities to respond to the challenges of COVID-19, which includes their work on rough sleeping.</p><p>Additionally, we launched the £266 million Next Steps Accommodation Programme (NSAP). This makes available the financial resources needed to support local authorities and their partners to prevent these people from returning to the streets. The NSAP is made up of two parts, the first part which funds immediate support to ensure people and the rest to bring forward long-term accommodation and move-on support.</p><p>On 17 September we announced local authority allocations for the short-term funding aspect of the Next Steps Accommodation Programme. £91.5 million was allocated to 274 councils in England to help vulnerable people housed during the pandemic.</p><p>Applications are now being considered for the rest of the fund which is intended to provide over 3,300 additional supported homes this year for those sleeping rough or currently housed in emergency accommodation. The bidding has now closed and details on successful bids will be announced in due course. This is part of broader support to provide 6,000 such homes over four years.</p><p>Finally, on 13 October, the Government announced additional support for rough sleepers this winter, giving local areas the tools they need to protect people from life-threatening cold weather and the risks posed by COVID-19.</p><p>This additional support builds on the existing package of support and funding, and includes: a new £10 million Cold Weather Fund for local areas to bring forward self-contained and COVID-secure accommodation; a new £2 million Transformation Fund for the faith, communities and voluntary sector to move away from their traditional communal models; and comprehensive guidance to the sector, produced with Public Health England and Homeless Link, to help them open shelters more safely, as a last resort and where not doing so would endanger lives.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2020 13:19:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1287924

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	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	Green Belt: Coventry South
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that greenbelt land surrounding Coventry South constituency is protected from development.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	156592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government will continue to support the protection and enhancement of the Green Belt and other valued greenfield land, and to strongly encourage re-use of suitable brownfield land for development, in line with manifesto commitments and our National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework states that most new building is inappropriate in Green Belt and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, and that only in exceptional circumstances may a Green Belt boundary be altered. We have been clear in our reform proposals, set out in the White Paper <em>Planning for the Future,</em> that existing policy for protecting the Green Belt would remain.</p><p>Consultation on the White Paper closed on 29 October 2020. My Department is undertaking further detailed policy development on individual elements of the proposals, and we will announce any next steps as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:57:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1287925

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	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	Population: Coventry
	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 adequacy of Office of National Statistics population growth estimates for Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	156593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is currently independently reviewing the Office for National Statistics’ population projections and population estimates following a request from the Warwickshire Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, and we will reflect on any review findings. It is therefore not appropriate to comment further on this issue, but population statistics, which inform the standard method for assessing local housing need, remain the most up-to-date and robust national statistics for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/03/2021 15:26:33 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1289081

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	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	Rents: Coronavirus
	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 introducing a covid-19 rent debt fund for renters in financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	157315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to protect renters whose income has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Notably, to help prevent people getting into financial hardship, we have increased the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate to the 30th percentile of local market rents in each area. The increased LHA rates will be maintained at the current levels in cash terms in 2021/22, even in areas where the 30th percentile of local rents has gone down. We have boosted the welfare system by billions of pounds, including increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by up to £1,040 for the year. In addition, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has offered support for businesses to pay staff salaries, enabling people to continue to pay their rent and has been extended until April 2021.</p><p>For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. As announced at the spending round for 2020/21, there is already £180 million in DHPs for local authorities to distribute for supporting renters with housings costs in the private and social rented sectors. For 2021-22 the Government will make available £140 million in DHP funding, which takes account of the increased LHA rates.</p><p>We continue to closely monitor the ongoing effects of the pandemic on renters.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/03/2021 14:45:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1293318

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	Society of Antiquaries: Burlington House
	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 has taken to help the Society of Antiquaries remain at New Burlington House.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	160824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>The current rent agreement with the Society of Antiquaries was put in place following a legal decision by the High Court in 2005 and subsequent arbitration in 2015. The Societies accepted the new rent agreement which allowed them to occupy New Burlington House on a significantly discounted basis.</p><p>We are continuing to explore solutions with all the Learned Societies based at New Burlington House that can deliver public value while enabling them to remain in situ.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 04/03/2021 15:54:03 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300186

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Domestic Abuse: Housing
	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 giving local authorities the option to place victims of domestic abuse and their children in close proximity to where they have been living.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>It is critical that victims of domestic abuse get support and especially when they are in housing need.</p><p>When a housing authority makes inquiries to determine whether a victim of domestic abuse is eligible for homelessness assistance and owed a duty under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996, it may also make inquiries under section 184(2) to establish if an applicant has a local connection to the area.</p><p>An applicant can have a local connection to an area if; they are normally resident there, have been resident there in the past, are employed there, have family associations living there or due to any special circumstances. Therefore, victims of domestic abuse, who are homeless and eligible can approach the local authority in an area in which they have been living for homelessness assistance.</p><p>The Homelessness Code of Guidance is clear that a housing authority cannot refer an applicant to a housing authority if they or anyone who might reasonably be expected to reside with them would be at risk of violence and abuse. Therefore, it may be the case that a victim of domestic abuse is accommodated in a different local authority in order to ensure their safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/03/2021 18:41:35 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300190

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Public Lavatories
	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 his Department's call for evidence, Toilet provision for men and women, updated 29 January 2021, what the evidential basis was for (a) his decision to extend the deadline into the consultation of gender neutral toilets and (b) the statement in that call for evidence that the replacement of male-only and female-ionly spaces with gender neutral toilets places women at a significant disadvantage.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Toilets, both in municipal and private sector locations, are an important facility for members of the public, in particular women, those with children, older people and disabled people.</p><p>A) In January we identified a majority of personal views amongst the responses and so we extended until 26 February to gather more technical guidance relating to toilet provision.</p><p>B) Media coverage, personal accounts and parliamentary scrutiny described inequality in the use and provision of toilets, particularly for women. In recent years, we have seen examples of the removal of well-established male-only/female-only spaces when premises are built or refurbished, and they have often been replaced with gender-neutral toilets. This places women at a significant disadvantage. While men can then use both cubicles and urinals, women can only use the former, and women also need safe spaces given their particular health and sanitary needs (for example, women who are menstruating, pregnant or at menopause, may need to use the toilet more often). Women are also likely to feel less comfortable using mixed sex facilities, and require more space.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/03/2021 17:21:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1305712

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	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	Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act 2018
	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 has taken to enforce the Home (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	174970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>We supported the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 because, for the first time, it empowers tenants in both the Private and Social Rented Sectors to hold their landlord to account if they fail to keep the property fit for human habitation. Government does not enforce the Act, instead the Act enables tenants to take action in the courts for breach of contract on the grounds that the property is unfit.</p><p>We have published guidance for tenants to help them make the most of their rights under the Act. We have also published guidance for landlords and local authorities to ensure that they are aware of what the Act means for them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 13/04/2021 12:57:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1313824

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2021
	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	Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Planning for the future consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on the Planning for the Future White Paper closed in October 2020, and received around 44,000 responses – demonstrating just how important this is to people.</p><p>Given the number of responses, we are taking time to carefully consider the valuable feedback we received. We will publish the Government response to the White Paper ahead of introducing the Planning Bill to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/05/2021 16:34:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana