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1224333

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date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Outdoor Recreation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will produce guidance to support (a) festivals and (b) other outdoor events to reopen safely as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Events Industry Forum has published Covid-19 secure guidance on outdoor events which has been developed with input from DCMS. Event organisers should take account of government guidance on performing arts when organising outdoor events with live performances.</p><p>We will continue to work with the festivals and the outdoor events sector to develop Covid-19 secure guidance that reflects the latest government regulation and policy.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/07/2020 15:28:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224420

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: 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, how much of the £8.5 million allocated to the 115 successful bidders to the Domestic Abuse Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund has been received by the successful organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>To date we have allocated £8.76 million of the MHCLG £10 million Domestic Abuse Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund to 122 successful applications.</p><p>Payments are being processed as soon as grant funding agreements are signed by the applicants and the Government. As at 15 July, 97 per cent of the allocated funds have been received by the applicants.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/07/2020 12:48:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224421

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: 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, how many organisations who applied to the Covid-19 Domestic Abuse Accommodation Emergency Support Fund met the criteria and achieved (a) a score 4 and (b) a score 3 but were not successful in their applications.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>To date, to keep vital domestic abuse safe accommodation services up and running, MHCLG has allocated £8.76 million of the £10 million Domestic Abuse COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund to 122 successful charity bidders. This additional funding will re-open 299 bedspaces that were closed due to COVID-19 will create 1293 additional bedspaces.</p><p>Each application for the £10 million Domestic Abuse Accommodation Emergency Support Fund is assessed, and scored between zero and four, against each of the criteria as set out within the fund prospectus.</p><p>Applications fail the assessment if scored 0 or 1 on any of the criteria.</p><p>To ensure Government meets its responsibility to spend public money wisely, due diligence checks are also undertaken to validate applicant eligibility and to provide an essential check on the financial status of applicants. Applications which pass the assessment but fail due diligence checks do not proceed.</p><p>Of the 136 applications assessed, 3 applications were unsuccessful having passed the assessment but failing on due diligence checks.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/07/2020 12:48:54 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224634

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to Question 45293 on Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus, what criteria his Department uses to determine the needs of (a) tenants and (b) landlords in relation to the lifting of the temporary ban on evictions from residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>On 5 June the Government announced that the current suspension of possession proceedings would be extended by two months until 23 August 2020. This means that no action to evict a tenant will proceed before 24 August 2020.</p><p>The Government listens to a variety of stakeholders that represent landlords and tenants. As the Government takes steps in the next phase of the COVID-19 response, we will consider how measures should adapt to ensure they reflect public health guidance and the changing nature of this wider context recognising the interests of both tenants and landlords.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2020 15:58:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224637

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to Question 40670, how many people were recorded as sleeping rough in the second quarter of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG collect an annual official snapshot of rough sleeping which is verified by Homeless Link and provides information about the estimated number of people sleeping rough on a single night between 1 October and 30 November each year, along with some basic demographic details. This was last released in February 2020 and showed a total figure of 4,266 rough sleepers on any given night, 9% lower than the previous year. The next annual snapshot is due to take place in autumn 2020. Regarding the numbers of people currently rough sleeping, local authorities currently hold the most up to date information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:56:08 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 38753 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224664

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2020 to Question 40669 on universal credit, prior to raising the local housing allowance to the 30th percentile, what assessment she made of the levels of need this would match.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Raising the local housing allowance (LHA) rate to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile ensured over 1 million households will see an increase, on average, of £600 this year.</p><p> </p><p>This increase means that 30% of properties in each broad rental market area charge a rent within the LHA rate, with the exception of 15 rates in central and inner London where the national maximum caps continue to apply. The national caps have also been increased and are now based on the Outer London LHA rate plus 20%.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2020 17:22:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 38775 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224665

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	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 22 June 2020 to Question 60812, what data his Department collects from local authorities on the amount they have spent on providing accommodation for rough sleepers under the Everybody In initiative.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The first two rounds of the Covid-19 financial monitoring survey have now been published. These show that between March-May 2020, additional local authority expenditure due to Covid-19 for housing services, including homelessness services, was £63 million. We will publish a summary of the results from the third round in due course.</p><p>Further details can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cccc4c172e95a421cbd2a08d82a6ae3e2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637305985857460717&amp;sdata=7N5GIBYdTPkPvHa3ilFyMa1V4COG7TA6UqP9IDvFqXE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:54:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224667

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on the number of affordable homes for rent or sale which will be built as a result of removing planning requirements for some property development applications as set out by the Prime Minister on 30 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	73887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Our proposals to introduce new permitted development rights to create new homes will mean that more homes to buy or rent will be delivered than would otherwise be the case. We have not made any estimates of how many of these extra homes will be affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2020 16:00:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire