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62431

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date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gender Recognition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle employment discrimination amongst transgender people.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to advancing equality for transgender people and ending discrimination in the workplace. The Equality Act 2010 provides protection from discrimination because of gender reassignment in employment.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2011 the Government published <em>Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality: Moving Forward</em>; and in December 2011 <em>Advancing transgender equality: a plan for action</em> both of which set out the actions to be taken across Government to enhance equality for transgendered individuals. Actions included the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs improving the experiences of transgender people seeking work. These include providing employers with help on employing transgender people and ensuring training is available to Jobcentre Plus staff on the specific challenges faced by transgender people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 25/06/2014 13:59:22 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61563

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities received additional Discretionary Housing Payment funding from the extra £20 million announced in October 2013; and how much was made available in each case.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information that has been requested was published on 24 March 2014 on GOV.UK and can be accessed through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/06/2014 14:44:54 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61564

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Discretionary Housing Payment funding made available to local authorities in 2013–14 was unspent and returned to the Department for Work and Pensions at the end of the year.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/06/2014 13:02:42 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61565

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Sector Taskforce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 6 May (WA 392), with which organisations representing private tenants the Private Rented Sector Task Force has engaged since its establishment.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Private Rented Sector Taskforce work closely with my officials in developing our policies in relation to the private rented sector. Together they engage with a wide range of private sector tenant groups including Shelter, Crisis, Generation Rent and its predecessor the National Private Tenant's Organisation, the National Union of Students, as well as individual private tenant organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/06/2014 13:53:36 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61566

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 6 May (WA 384), when they expect to receive the report of the review being carried out by Social Finance into innovative models of providing temporary accommodation for homeless families.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>A final report from Social Finance has been received. The report will be published in due course and I will write to the Noble Lady with a copy when it is available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/06/2014 13:52:47 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61567

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 10 March (WA 351) on homelessness, how much was awarded to each of the 47 local authorities for preventing homelessness in 2011–12.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under this and the last Administration, the Department for Communities and Local Government has provided grant funding to a number of local authorities to support the provision of advice on preventing homelessness to complement the funding we provide to the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The London Borough of Croydon received £1,591,050 in grant in 2010-11 for homelessness prevention, which was intended to support a range of activities including a contribution to the costs of providing homelessness advice to local authorities in London. The payment to Croydon was made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (the general power to pay grant to local authorities towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred). The grant was unring-fenced and not subject to any conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As was the position with funding provided to Newham, as set out in the answers to the noble Lady on 13 February 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA165 and of 27 March 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA247, there was no contract either between the Department and the London Borough of Croydon or the Department and Andy Gale.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While departmental officials had discussions with Croydon about how the grant was to be spent, Ministers in this Administration had no involvement with local authorities on commissioning such services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the The Homelessness Revenue Grant Determination 2011-12 (31/1974) dated 1 March 2012 which lists the amount of funding received by 47 local authorities in 2011-12 for homelessness prevention work has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL337 question first answered 26/06/2014 16:21:19 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name 120106-Single Homelessness 31-1974.pdf title Homelessness Revenue grant Determination2011/12
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

61568

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Croydon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding was provided to the London Borough of Croydon in 2010–11 to host Andy Gale as a homelessness advisor and what work was required under the terms of that contract.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under this and the last Administration, the Department for Communities and Local Government has provided grant funding to a number of local authorities to support the provision of advice on preventing homelessness to complement the funding we provide to the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The London Borough of Croydon received £1,591,050 in grant in 2010-11 for homelessness prevention, which was intended to support a range of activities including a contribution to the costs of providing homelessness advice to local authorities in London. The payment to Croydon was made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (the general power to pay grant to local authorities towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred). The grant was unring-fenced and not subject to any conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As was the position with funding provided to Newham, as set out in the answers to the noble Lady on 13 February 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA165 and of 27 March 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA247, there was no contract either between the Department and the London Borough of Croydon or the Department and Andy Gale.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While departmental officials had discussions with Croydon about how the grant was to be spent, Ministers in this Administration had no involvement with local authorities on commissioning such services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the The Homelessness Revenue Grant Determination 2011-12 (31/1974) dated 1 March 2012 which lists the amount of funding received by 47 local authorities in 2011-12 for homelessness prevention work has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL336 question first answered 26/06/2014 16:21:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name 120106-Single Homelessness 31-1974.pdf title Homelessness Revenue grant Determination2011/12
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow