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1252918

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
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	Sleeping Rough: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2020 to Question 114247 from the hon Member for Bristol West on Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus, whether his Department has decided on the allocation of (a) £15 million funding through the Protect Programme and (b) £10 million funding through the Cold Weather Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	116463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer to PQ 114247 on 16 November.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/11/2020 15:06:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1168972

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	Buildings: Insulation
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 he has made an assessment of the potential effectiveness of extending the December 2019 deadline for applications to the private sector ACM cladding remediation fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is to enable residents to be safe and feel safe in their homes. We upheld the 31 December application deadline for the private sector Aluminium Composite Material cladding remediation fund in order to maintain pressure on the pace of remediation. Unless there are exceptional circumstances to justify a delay in making an application, those responsible for buildings should expect further action to be taken – including naming and shaming and enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/01/2020 17:23:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1147999

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
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 his Department is responsible for allocating funding for local welfare assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	293546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for funding for local welfare provision was passed over from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) from April 2013. The MHCLG would lead on any changes in allocation with input from the DWP.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/10/2019 14:12:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 137981 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1140759

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated to local authorities for adult social services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	912091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government has recognised the pressures faced by adult social services and has provided councils with access to an additional £10 billion of dedicated funding for adult social care in the three years to 2019-20.</p><p>Future levels of funding will be settled in the Spending Review, where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/07/2019 16:04:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

846077

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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: Waiting Lists
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 implications for his policies of the number of people on waiting lists for social housing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	128785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of households on local authority waiting lists has reduced by over 33 per cent from 1.74 million in 2010 to 1.16 million in 2017. We have given local authorities flexibility to manage their waiting lists, alongside action we have taken to build more affordable homes.</p><p>We are supporting social landlords to build even more homes, including homes for social rent for those in housing need who are currently waiting. Since 2010, we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes, including over 257,000 affordable homes for rent. We have recently announced an additional £2 billion funding for our flexible Affordable Homes Programme, increasing the budget to over £9 billion.</p><p>We are also undertaking a wide-ranging review of issues affecting social housing and intend to publish a Green Paper in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/02/2018 16:26:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

846081

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Landlords: Registration
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 bringing forward a system of compulsory licensing of landlords.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	128789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not support a mandatory register of private landlords. The majority of landlords provide decent and well managed accommodation and requiring those landlords to sign up to a national register would introduce an unnecessary and costly additional layer of bureaucracy.</p><p>Mandatory licensing is already in place for higher risk rental properties, larger houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). We consulted extensively on changes to the scope of mandatory licensing. There was broad support for extending this to include all HMOs with five or more occupiers. We published our response to our HMO reforms consultation in December 2017, and laid The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018 in February. Where there are problems with smaller HMOs in a particular area, local housing authorities have the discretionary power to introduce additional HMO licensing.</p><p>Local housing authorities are also able to introduce selective licensing of landlords in targeted areas to tackle specific problems, as long as the statutory requirements are met. We have committed to a review of selective licensing and will announce further details on the review after Easter recess.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 127973 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:21:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

843632

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Landlords: Registration
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 compulsory registration scheme for landlords.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	127973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not support a mandatory register of private landlords. The majority of landlords provide decent and well managed accommodation and requiring those landlords to sign up to a national register would introduce an unnecessary and costly additional layer of bureaucracy.</p><p>Mandatory licensing is already in place for higher risk rental properties, larger houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). We consulted extensively on changes to the scope of mandatory licensing. There was broad support for extending this to include all HMOs with five or more occupiers. We published our response to our HMO reforms consultation in December 2017, and laid The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018 in February. Where there are problems with smaller HMOs in a particular area, local housing authorities have the discretionary power to introduce additional HMO licensing.</p><p>Local housing authorities are also able to introduce selective licensing of landlords in targeted areas to tackle specific problems, as long as the statutory requirements are met. We have committed to a review of selective licensing and will announce further details on the review after Easter recess.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 128789 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:21:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield