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861129

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Local Government: Elections
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 permit people running in local council elections to put their electoral ward as their address for personnel security reasons.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	132278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>In its Response (Cm9578) published on the 14 March 2018, to the Committee on Standards in Public Life Review of Intimidation in Public Life, the Government accepts the Committee’s recommendation to remove the requirement for candidates standing as local councillors to have their home address published on the ballot paper, and will look to bring forward secondary legislation to achieve this at a suitable opportunity with the aim of effecting this change in time for the 2019 local elections. The intention is for this secondary legislation to replace the requirement for a specific address with an option to include a statement of residence based on an electoral area where the candidate lives.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/03/2018 14:20:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

861273

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Rented Housing: Low Incomes
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 average cost of renting a property in (a) the social rented sector and (b) the private rented sector for households on low incomes in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	132422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department's English Housing Survey collects and publishes data on the average rent in the social and private rented sectors, this can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-to-2017-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-to-2017-headline-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/03/2018 11:07:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

861274

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Social Rented 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 social housing Green Paper is planned to include measures to increase the supply of social housing.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	132423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Social Housing Green Paper will be a wide-ranging review of social housing in England.</p><p>Building more affordable homes is an absolute priority for this Government, and we have. announced an additional £2 billion funding for affordable housing in areas of acute affordability pressure, increasing our budget to over £9 billion for a range of affordable homes, including for social rent. As part of this funding, at Spring Statement the Chancellor announced an extra £1.67 billion for an additional 26,000 more affordable homes in London and we made it a condition that some must be social rent. We will also raise the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap by a total of up to £1 billion in areas of high affordability pressure for councils who are ready to start building new homes.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/03/2018 13:16:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

861282

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Troubled Families Programme
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 local troubled family co-ordinators there were working as part of the Troubled Families Programme in each year from 2012 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	132431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Councils participating in the Troubled Families programme are required to dedicate sufficient coordination and analytical resource to delivering the programme locally.</p><p>In every year from 2012 to 2017 there has been a Troubled Families coordinator in each of 150 upper-tier councils participating in the Troubled Families Programme.</p><p>In addition to Troubled Families Coordinators who are responsible for the local implementation of the Troubled Families programme, there are also Troubled Families Employment Advisers, specialist data analysts and family key workers in every upper-tier local council who support delivery of the programme. A wide range of other specialist support will also be commissioned or called upon to provide support for families when they need it.</p><p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/03/2018 14:18:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

859910

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in local authority funding for children's services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	904289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement. Over the Spending Review period, councils will receive more than £200 billion for local services.</p><p>In February, I announced that annual local government funding will rise in real terms to £45.6 billion by 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 12/03/2018 17:51:19 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

860528

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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: Procurement
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 23 January 2018 to Question 123535, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Procurement, what the contracts are that his Department holds with those suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	131885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>According to our records, the contracts held with Strategic Suppliers cover the following areas:</p><ul><li><p>Network services and network service charges;</p></li><li><p>server maintenance;</p></li><li><p>hardware support renewal;</p></li><li><p>support services;</p></li><li><p>software licenses support;</p></li><li><p>technical support services;</p></li><li><p>central IT systems and services;</p></li><li><p>contingent labour and specialist contractors;</p></li><li><p>technical support to Holocaust Memorial;</p></li><li><p>audit of energy performance of buildings.</p></li></ul><p>Further information on government strategic suppliers can be seen in the Crown Representatives and Strategic Suppliers List, as shown below</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-suppliers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-suppliers</a></p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/03/2018 17:22:20 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 47654 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

860536

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Students
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 is taking to help students afford the cost of renting properties.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	131893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to rebalancing the relationship between landlords and tenants to deliver a fairer, higher quality and more affordable private rented sector for all tenants. We will ban unfair letting fees and cap tenancy deposits to ensure that renters have more money in their pockets.</p><p>The single most important thing we can do to tackle affordability is to increase supply. That is why we have delivered over 346,000 new affordable homes since 2010, including 248,000 affordable homes for rent. This will help all tenants, including students, to afford the cost of renting properties.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/03/2018 12:49:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

860734

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127168, on refuges, when her Department plans to announce the allocation of the £1.1million top-up funding.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	132091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm that 77 projects have taken up our offer of a share of the £1.1 million top up funding and will receive their funding allocations on 22 March 2018. We will publish a full list of the recipients on gov.uk on 22 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/03/2018 16:09:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

858535

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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	Property Guardians
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 steps he has taken to safeguard deposit payments for licensees who have signed up for property guardianship schemes.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	131790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The tenancy deposit protection legislation applies to all new tenancy deposits taken on or after 6 April 2007 for qualifying assured shorthold tenancies. This legislation is not intended to apply to licensees. Property guardianship schemes are private arrangements between a building owner and/or guardian company and one or more individuals, where property guardians can be asked to live in conditions which do not meet the standards expected in residential properties. The Government does not endorse or encourage the use of property guardianship schemes as a form of housing tenure.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2018 17:11:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

858573

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any external research or analysis commissioned by his Department on the Help to Buy scheme has not yet been published.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	131828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>My Department commissioned a further independent evaluation of Help to Buy: Equity Loan to cover the period 2015-17. It is in its final stages and will be published later this year.</p><p>A previous independent evaluation of Help to Buy: Equity Loan covered the period 2013-15 and was published in February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/03/2018 17:10:23 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey