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1507548

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date	22/09/2022
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	Private Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
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 recent steps has he taken to help private housing residents resolve mould or damp issues in their homes.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	54633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Everyone deserves to live in a safe home. Private tenants who are concerned that their home is seriously hazardous due to damp or mould should contact their local council. Councils have a legal duty to take enforcement action if they find seriously hazardous conditions. We have strengthened councils' enforcement powers, introducing financial penalties of up to £30,000, extending rent repayment orders and introducing banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/10/2022 14:34:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507549

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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	Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
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 recent steps has he taken to support local authorities in helping social housing residents access repairs.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	54634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities provide safe and affordable homes for 1.6 million households in England. We recognise their hard work in maintaining and improving those homes and responding to residents' needs.</p><p>We expect all registered providers of social housing, including local authorities, to make sure that their properties are well managed and of appropriate quality. They must comply with the regulatory standards set by the independent Regulator of Social Housing. This requires landlords to provide a cost-effective repairs and maintenance service that responds to the needs of and offers choices to tenants and has the objective of getting repairs and improvements right the first time.</p><p>The Social Housing Regulation Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, will empower the Regulator to have greater scrutiny over all registered providers, including local authorities, proactively assuring itself that they are meeting consumer regulation standards, including those concerning access to repairs. The Regulator will be given stronger enforcement powers to use where registered providers, including local authorities, do not meet the standards.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/10/2022 14:31:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507774

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cyberflashing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of cyberflashing.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	54635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is creating a new criminal offence targeting “cyberflashing” in the Online Safety Bill. This offence, which will carry a 2-year maximum prison sentence, will criminalise intentionally sending or giving a photograph or film of any person’s genitals to another person with the intention that that person will see the genitals and be caused alarm, distress or humiliation, or for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification whilst being reckless as to whether the recipient will be caused alarm, distress or humiliation.</p><p>Alongside this important reform of the criminal law, in May, we published the draft Victims Bill to enable improvements in the quality and consistency of support services for victims.</p><p>It includes measures to improve support for victims of sexual offences such as making provision for the Secretary of State to issue guidance about Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors). It will also improve how organisations work together to commission support services to better meet the needs of victims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/10/2022 16:14:20 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507195

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to a procedural change in responses to MPs on constituency casework, what proportion of cases responded to by her Department were responded to via (a) phone call, (b) individual written response or (c) multiple enquiries within one response.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	53493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>These measures are part of the Home Office’s MP Account Management team’s recovery plan, and we are currently tracking above forecast. Data showing the proportion of cases answered by each method is unavailable.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/10/2022 09:58:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507196

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the impact on constituents of the change in procedure to reply to multiple cases from an MP within a single response.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	53492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>A key objective for the Home Office MP Account Management team (MPAM) is to return to its 20-day service standard for responding to Members’ correspondence. A return to service standard will mean Members will be able to provide more timely responses to their constituents.</p><p>To enable MPAM to return to this service standard, in some instances we are grouping multiple responses into a single letter as a short-term measure. Routine assurance checks are carried out on MPs’ correspondence to ensure that quality is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53491 question first answered 11/10/2022 10:17:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507197

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of grouping multiple casework responses to MPs on the level of detail and clarity provided to constituents awaiting a response from the Home Office.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	53491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>A key objective for the Home Office MP Account Management team (MPAM) is to return to its 20-day service standard for responding to Members’ correspondence. A return to service standard will mean Members will be able to provide more timely responses to their constituents.</p><p>To enable MPAM to return to this service standard, in some instances we are grouping multiple responses into a single letter as a short-term measure. Routine assurance checks are carried out on MPs’ correspondence to ensure that quality is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 53492 question first answered 11/10/2022 10:17:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507198

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allocate additional resources to the Home Office to address delays in correspondence with MPs.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	53490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Staffing levels in the MP Account Management team have increased by 20% over the last six months, and recruitment is continuing, with additional staff joining over the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/10/2022 10:44:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1507201

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to mothers going through custody proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	53489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that parents can get the support they need to access the justice system across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Ministry of Justice has provided over £20 million of grant funding through not-for-profit organisations who provide a range of services to support individuals, including parents involved in private law proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2022, the Ministry of Justice launched the Help Accessing Legal Support Grant, which will inject a further £3.2 million into the legal support sector by March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 11/10/2022 08:03:14 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1505465

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle knife crime in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	48468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined to tackle serious violence, including knife crime, and has made £130m available this financial year (22/23) to do so. This includes £64m for our network of 20 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which bring together local partners to tackle the drivers of violence in their area, and £30m for our targeted police programme, Grip (previously Surge).</p><p>An independent evaluation of these programmes compared numbers of police-recorded violent offences taking place in the areas where these programmes operate with matched (control) areas. This found that in their first two years of operation, the programmes had together prevented an estimated 49,000 offences.</p><p>Over 10 years, we are also investing £200m in the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), which funds interventions to divert children and young people away from exploitation and serious violence.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Home Secretary visited Thames Valley Police and the VRU on 11 and 31 August. She met the Police and Crime Commissioner and other force leaders from the Southeast of England to discuss the positive work they are doing to reduce serious violence in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has provided funding to 7 police forces and VRUs across the Southeast to combat serious violence, including knife crime. The areas that receive VRU funding are London, Thames Valley, Essex, Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, and Bedfordshire.</p><p> </p><p>The Thames Valley VRU has received c £5.5m since 2019. This includes £1.16m in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, and a further £2m in 2022/23. The VRU also received additional investment of £787,000 in 2021/22 to deliver two programmes that capitalise on key moments where learning is expected to be best heard in a young person’s life, such as on admission to A&amp;E or in police custody.</p><p> </p><p>The Metropolitan Police and the London VRU have received a combined c.£91.1m since 2019, including c.£20.7m for this financial year. The remaining six areas have received a combined c.£54.8m since 2019, including c.£13.9m for this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>VRUs are also delivering youth interventions with their funding. Thames Valley’s VRU-funded ‘Hospital Navigators’ programme is delivered in 5 major A&amp;Es across the area, including Slough, and provides immediate support to young people attending A&amp;E because of a violent incident. This supported more than 470 vulnerable young people last year and has received additional funding from the YEF to evaluate its impact.</p><p>The South-eastern areas that receive VRU funding also receive funding for the Grip programme. Thames Valley Police have been allocated c.£4.8m over the last three years, including c.£798k for this financial year (2022/23). The Metropolitan Police have been allocated approximately £50.9m over the last three years, including £7.9m for this financial year (2022/23). The remaining six areas have received a combined c.£19.6m since 2019, including c.£3.6m in the current financial year of 2022/23.</p><p>The Government also encourages funding to be used on national weeks of action through Operation Sceptre. The latest phase of this operation took place between 16 and 22 May 2022. In the Thames Valley Police area, 13 knives were seized during enforcement action, with a further 97 being surrendered or seized during operational weapon sweeps.</p><p>In 2022/23, Thames Valley Police will receive up to £511.9m from Government Grants and precept. This is an increase of up to £28.6m compared to 2021/22. Through the Government’s Police Uplift Programme, Thames Valley Police has been allocated 609 additional officers. As of 30 June 2022, the force has recruited 442 of these.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 48470 48471 48472 48473 question first answered 21/09/2022 11:11:54 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1505466

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to tackle knife crime in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	48469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined to tackle serious violence, including knife crime, and has made £130m available this financial year (22/23) to do so. This includes £64m for our network of 20 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which bring together local partners to tackle the drivers of violence in their area, and £30m for our targeted police programme, Grip (previously Surge).</p><p>An independent evaluation of these programmes compared numbers of police-recorded violent offences taking place in the areas where these programmes operate with matched (control) areas. This found that in their first two years of operation, the programmes had together prevented an estimated 49,000 offences.</p><p>Over 10 years, we are also investing £200m in the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), which funds interventions to divert children and young people away from exploitation and serious violence.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Home Secretary visited Thames Valley Police and the VRU on 11 and 31 August. She met the Police and Crime Commissioner and other force leaders from the Southeast of England to discuss the positive work they are doing to reduce serious violence in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has provided funding to 7 police forces and VRUs across the Southeast to combat serious violence, including knife crime. The areas that receive VRU funding are London, Thames Valley, Essex, Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, and Bedfordshire.</p><p> </p><p>The Thames Valley VRU has received c £5.5m since 2019. This includes £1.16m in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, and a further £2m in 2022/23. The VRU also received additional investment of £787,000 in 2021/22 to deliver two programmes that capitalise on key moments where learning is expected to be best heard in a young person’s life, such as on admission to A&amp;E or in police custody.</p><p> </p><p>The Metropolitan Police and the London VRU have received a combined c.£91.1m since 2019, including c.£20.7m for this financial year. The remaining six areas have received a combined c.£54.8m since 2019, including c.£13.9m for this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>VRUs are also delivering youth interventions with their funding. Thames Valley’s VRU-funded ‘Hospital Navigators’ programme is delivered in 5 major A&amp;Es across the area, including Slough, and provides immediate support to young people attending A&amp;E because of a violent incident. This supported more than 470 vulnerable young people last year and has received additional funding from the YEF to evaluate its impact.</p><p>The South-eastern areas that receive VRU funding also receive funding for the Grip programme. Thames Valley Police have been allocated c.£4.8m over the last three years, including c.£798k for this financial year (2022/23). The Metropolitan Police have been allocated approximately £50.9m over the last three years, including £7.9m for this financial year (2022/23). The remaining six areas have received a combined c.£19.6m since 2019, including c.£3.6m in the current financial year of 2022/23.</p><p>The Government also encourages funding to be used on national weeks of action through Operation Sceptre. The latest phase of this operation took place between 16 and 22 May 2022. In the Thames Valley Police area, 13 knives were seized during enforcement action, with a further 97 being surrendered or seized during operational weapon sweeps.</p><p>In 2022/23, Thames Valley Police will receive up to £511.9m from Government Grants and precept. This is an increase of up to £28.6m compared to 2021/22. Through the Government’s Police Uplift Programme, Thames Valley Police has been allocated 609 additional officers. As of 30 June 2022, the force has recruited 442 of these.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 16:29:18 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi