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819838

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Asylum: 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, whether the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme will result in Barnett consequentials for the devolved governments in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c)Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	121910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121909 121911 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819839

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Asylum: 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, if she will publish details of her plans for the national evaluation exercise of the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme including but not limited to (a) whether and (b) in what ways evidence from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be collated and applied in the pilot to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support across the UK from 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	121911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121909 121910 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819840

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Asylum: 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, which local authorities in England will be eligible to apply for the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme; what criteria determines eligibility; which local authorities applied for the scheme by its deadline of 21 December 2017; what the outcome is of such applications; what the contractual requirements on local authorities are in terms of refused asylum seekers, and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	121912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government invited local authorities with the highest numbers of asylum seekers receiving Government support to apply to the scheme. Ten local authorities applied by the 21 December 2017 deadline – Bradford, Coventry, Kirklees, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton. Additional applications have been received from Birmingham and Sandwell. Successful local authorities will be notified in due course.</p><p>Participating local authorities are expected to work with asylum seekers awaiting a decision and make them aware of the support available once a decision has been made, as well as preparing them for the consequences of a negative decision by supporting a voluntary return to their home countries.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/01/2018 16:33:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819841

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Asylum: 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, how much funding the Government is providing for the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme; and for how long his Department plans to provide such funding.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	121913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121909 121910 121911 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819929

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will offer assistance across the whole of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	122001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>My Department is continuing to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which aims to improve productivity and reduce economic inequalities across all four nations of the Union. The new Fund affords a fresh opportunity to focus investment according to our own priorities. We will engage the devolved administrations on the design and priorities of the Fund at the earliest opportunity, before consulting widely later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2018 17:35:14 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

819996

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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: Reorganisation
	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 reasons the name of his Department has changed; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	122068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2018 17:39:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

819997

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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 Safeguarding Adults Reviews local authorities have commissioned as a result of the death of a rough sleeper in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	122069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>My Department does not collect this information.</p><p>However I am clear that no one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why this Government has committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027.</p><p>The recently announced Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to achieve this.</p><p>At Budget, we announced £28 million of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for some of the country’s most entrenched rough sleepers. This funding forms part of the £1 billion that the Government has allocated until 2020 to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/01/2018 17:15:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

820920

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
	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 the timetable is for the introduction of the draft Tenant Fees Bill into the House.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	122338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>On 1 November 2017, the Government published a draft Bill, proposing a ban on letting agent fees for tenants. The draft Bill and explanatory notes can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-tenants-fees-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-tenants-fees-bill</a></p><p><br>The Communities and Local Government Select Committee are conducting an inquiry into the draft Bill. The Government will consider any recommendations of the Committee and then seek to introduce the Bill formally to Parliament as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/01/2018 10:38:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel