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1715294

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Statutory homelessness in England: October to December 2023, published on 30 April 2024, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help prevent more households being forced into temporary accommodation and (b) financially support local authorities facing an increase demand for temporary accomodation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	24539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling homelessness. We are investing over £1.2 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years to help councils prevent homelessness and provide temporary accommodation, including a £109 million top-up announced at Autumn Statement for 2024/25.</p><p>The Local Authority Housing Fund enables councils in England to buy or build housing stock to obtain better quality temporary accommodation for those owed a homelessness duty and provide a lasting affordable housing asset for the future. We recently announced a third round of funding, bringing the total funding to £1.2 billion.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 13/05/2024 13:44:43 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1713567

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of families living in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	23548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-22/23003" target="_blank">23003</a> on 30 April 2024.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 01/05/2024 12:36:46 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1692701

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's data collection on the number of households in emergency temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	16406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The department’s temporary accommodation statistics are classified as accredited official statistics by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 07/03/2024 14:56:16 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1692439

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time was that (a) families and (b) individual people spent in temporary accommodation in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	16210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Annual Statutory homelessness statistics (2021-22 and 2022-23) are publicly available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhomelessness-statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce2bd64316fbb4b7a2a5808dc3b798f15%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638450640473615263%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PVkDPBYMsCHOyNrCikI3NvodmC1cGt3kPtzq8zXJ3jA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Homelessness statistics</a> and include data on the length of time households spent in temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 04/03/2024 16:25:07 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1692559

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of regulation for emergency temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	16269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities procure temporary accommodation from a range of sources, including council-owned stock, from housing associations, and from private landlords, and must ensure it is suitable.</p><p>Government has an ambition to increase quality of all accommodation, including temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 16267 question first answered 07/03/2024 14:51:58 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1690382

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support local authorities to provide appropriate temporary accommodation to (a) survivors of domestic abuse, (b) people with complex needs and (c) other vulnerable groups.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	14928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>If homelessness cannot be prevented or relieved the local authority may owe the applicant the main duty to accommodate people who are homeless through no fault of their own, are eligible for assistance, and have a ‘priority need’. This primarily includes those with children or a vulnerability, including disability or mental ill-health. The Homelessness Code of Guidance, to which local authorities must pay regard, contains advice for assessing vulnerability.</p><p>The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 gives those who are homeless as a result of being a victim of domestic abuse priority need for accommodation secured by the local authority.</p><p>Temporary accommodation is an important way of ensuring no family is without a roof over their head. Local authorities must ensure temporary accommodation is suitable and should keep the suitability of accommodation under review. Between 2022 and 2025 we are investing over £1 billion into the Homelessness Prevention Grant, which funds local authorities to work with landlords to prevent evictions and offer financial support for people to find a new home and move out of temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 28/02/2024 14:48:48 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1690154

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the availability of temporary accommodation for local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	14760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Statutory Homelessness Guidance sets out the steps that local authorities must follow in providing quality and suitable temporary accommodation (TA) to individuals and families. Local authorities must ensure TA is suitable and should keep the suitability of accommodation under review. Housing authorities should, as a minimum, ensure that all TA is free of Category 1 hazards as identified by the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).</p><p>The Local Authority Housing Fund enables councils in England to buy or build housing stock to obtain better quality temporary accommodation for those owed a homelessness duty and provide a lasting affordable housing asset for the future. We recently announced a third round of funding, bringing the total funding to £1.2 billion.</p><p>We are pursuing a number of housing reforms – including reviewing the Decent Homes Standard, the Social Housing Regulation Act and Renters (Reform) Bill - which will increase quality and regulation across all housing stock, including temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 14759 question first answered 26/02/2024 13:57:02 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1674957

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of demand for temporary accommodation on the finances of local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	900454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities deliver vital homelessness services, and we recognise that the increasing demand for temporary accommodation places pressures on councils. That is why, taking the 2022/23 and 2023/24 Local Government Finance Settlements together, we have increased the funding available to local government in England in real terms.</p><p>In addition, we are providing over £1 billion to councils over three years through the Homelessness Prevention Grant. Autumn Statement announced a further £120 miilion of UK wide funding to help councils address Ukraine and homelessness pressures in 2024/25, and we are increasing the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents from April.</p><p>The Government has allocated £450 million across two years to a third round of the Local Authority Housing Fund, which will help support Afghans on resettlement schemes and others in temporary housing need.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 04/12/2023 17:12:47 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1667517

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to produce a cross-departmental strategy to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	21
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>At the last Spending Review, the department was allocated over £2 billion to help tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. We have allocated the vast majority of this funding across our core programmes.</p><p>We are providing over £1 billion through the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years, including a £109 million top-up this year. Temporary accommodation is an important way of ensuring no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is committed to reducing the need for temporary accommodation by preventing homelessness before it occurs in the first place.</p><p>The department continues to work with local authorities and partners in the voluntary and community sector to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, including to assess the effectiveness of our interventions on homelessness and rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 20 310 311 438 question first answered 13/11/2023 15:22:23 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1657398

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to reduce the number of councils offering temporary accommodation outside of their areas.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	197285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities must ensure any temporary accommodation placement is suitable and should try to place individuals within their own area. Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice.</p><p>If an authority places a household in temporary accommodation outside of the local area, this should be as a last resort, and they should still try to place the household as near as possible to the original local authority.</p><p>The Government is taking steps to increase quality and regulation across all housing stock, including temporary accommodation. This includes reviewing the Decent Homes Standard, improving the way social housing is regulated through The Social Housing Regulation Act and delivering a better deal for renters through the Renters Reform Bill.</p><p>The Government has provided local authorities in excess of £1 billion over the next 3 years through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to help them prevent homelessness and provide temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 197213 question first answered 11/09/2023 16:56:38 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker