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632780

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in building homes on public land.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to play its part in increasing the number of homes by freeing up its unused or under-utilised land for housing. Up to March 2015, the Government disposed of surplus public sector land with the capacity to deliver 109,000 new homes. Over the course of this Parliament, we are committed to releasing surplus public sector land with capacity for an additional 160,000 homes.</p><p>We are committed to transparency and are planning to provide initial figures on the numbers of homes built on this land in the first annual report for the Programme due to be published by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:16:56 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

632781

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Housing Estates: Regeneration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they consider to be the key drivers of successful council housing estate regeneration.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of important elements upon which successful estate regeneration relies. These include having a supportive and engaged local community, the backing of the local authority, and a plan to ensure schemes are financially viable. Strong partnerships are essential between councils and scheme stakeholders, including developers, housing associations and the community. The Government intends to publish a National Strategy on Estate Regeneration shortly. Development of the strategy has been informed by the work of the Estate Regeneration Advisory Panel, co-chaired by my Noble Friend, the Rt. Hon. Lord Heseltine and Gavin Barwell, the Housing &amp; Planning Minister, and engagement with estate regeneration schemes from across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:20:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

631761

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on which day in November 2016 he expects to publish the housing white paper.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	52257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Building more homes is central to this Government’s vision of a country that works for everyone. We expect to publish a Housing White Paper later this year, setting out measures to help us deliver this ambition.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/11/2016 15:43:46 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

632456

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Combined Authorities: Bristol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made in delivering a combined authority including Bristol City Council and surrounding councils.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>On 4 July 2016, the three West of England Councils published a scheme, in accordance with the legislation, setting out their proposals for a mayoral combined authority, on which they undertook a consultation ending on 15 August 2016. Subsequently, as statute requires, the councils submitted a summary of the consultation responses to the Secretary of State. The next step in the statutory process is for the Secretary of State to seek the consent of the three councils to the making of an Order, which subject to Parliament’s approval, will establish the West of England Combined Authority and confer new powers on it.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/11/2016 17:27:04 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

632458

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Combined Authorities: South Yorkshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made in delivering a combined authority in South Yorkshire and surrounding areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The Sheffield City Region Combined Authority was established on 1st April 2014. On 1st July 2016, the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority published a scheme, in accordance with the legislation, setting out proposals, including for the expansion of the city region to include Chesterfield and Bassetlaw District Councils. The City Region undertook a consultation on these proposals ending on 12 August 2016, as statute requires, and subsequently submitted a summary of the consultation responses to the Secretary of State. The next step in the statutory process is for the Secretary of State to consider whether or not, subject to Parliament's approval and the consent of the councils concerned, to implement the proposals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/11/2016 17:24:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

631034

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implementation of the Armed Forces Covenant by local authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Covenant’s principles were enshrined in law in the Armed Forces Act 2011. This Government has demonstrated its commitment to upholding these principles, which is evident in the work reported in each of the four annual reports laid in the House. We will continue to report progress to Parliament. Next month’s Annual Report will detail the considerable progress made across government and with wider public, private and third sectors, including in the key areas of education, healthcare, accommodation and access to commercial services.</p><p> </p><p>Every Local Authority in mainland Great Britain and two in Northern Ireland have signed a Community Covenant. We are working with them to help them deliver the support they have promised to the Armed Forces community, with good work in many areas including housing, education, health and social care.</p><p> </p><p>Together we have taken a number of steps forward in this area, such as allocating funding from a £20 million budget to improve childcare facilities for Service families at 40 locations in the UK and Cyprus. In order to help Service children through local schools’ admissions processes, we have changed the Schools Admission Code in England to give them priority by allowing Service families to apply for and be allocated a place before they move into an area.</p><p> </p><p>This year approximately £21 million was allocated in Service Pupil Premium payments for the pastoral needs of almost 70,000 Service pupils in state schools in England. In 2015, £6 million in grants was given to 154 applicants for Education Support Funding, to help UK state schools mitigate issues caused by exceptional mobility and deployment.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we have worked closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government and Devolved Administrations to ensure that Service personnel do not experience any disadvantage as a result of their military service when applying for social housing.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2016 16:23:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

627310

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Independent Reviewing Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent reviewing officers (a) are currently employed and (b) were employed in 2010 in each local authority as headcount and full-time equivalents.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as we do not collect data which would allow us to identify the number of independent reviewing officers. As social workers, independent reviewing officers will be included among the children’s social work workforce collection for child and family social workers. However, this collection does not identify the number of child and family social workers that are carrying out the role of an independent reviewing officer.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/11/2016 12:31:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

627318

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the extent of the reduction in the number of children being adopted; and what steps she is taking to address that reduction.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption, 2015 to 2016’ published by the Department for Education shows that to the year ending 31 March 2016, 4,690 children ceased to be looked after due to being adopted. This is less than the 5,360 in 2015 but is still higher than the 3,470 children ceasing to be looked after due to adoption in 2012. The SFR is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To address this reduction, we are amending legislation through the Children and Social Work Bill to improve the way decisions about long-term care options are taken, so that adoption is always pursued when it is in a child’s best interests. The Government’s adoption strategy, which we published in March, sets out plans to redesign the whole adoption system to ensure that we have the foundations in place to build a lasting change that benefits children.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has funded research on adoption disruption numbers by Julie Selwyn, Dinithi Wijedasa and Sarah Meakings - titled ‘Beyond the adoption order: challenges, intervention, disruption’. This was published in April 2014 and looked at all children who were adopted from care in England between 1st April 2000 and 31st March 2011. The research can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes data each year on the number of children starting to be looked after who were in a previous permanence arrangement, as part of the above SFR. At 31 March 2016, local authority returns showed that this figure was 510. This is available in table C1 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>. This data was collected for the first time in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that adoptive families need support and that is why we established the Adoption Support Fund (the Fund). Local Authorities made 5,873 applications to the Fund on behalf of 8,193 families during the period November 2015 – October 2016. During the same period (November 2015 – October 2016) £26,714,546.16 of funding was approved. Up until 6 October, applications were fully funded where they met the Fund’s criteria. Where an application is not eligible it would be returned to the local authority to review and amend to ensure that it meets the criteria of the Fund. Once an application is approved the total value requested from the Fund would be paid out in full to the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 October, we introduced a ‘fair access’ limit for the Fund: eligible applications of up to £5,000 will continue to be fully funded; exceptional cases can receive up to an additional £25,000 from the Fund where there is matched funding from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 51609 51610 question first answered 07/11/2016 13:25:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

627319

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has carried out into the number of disrupted adoptive placements in each of the last 10 years; and if she will publish the number of such placements.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption, 2015 to 2016’ published by the Department for Education shows that to the year ending 31 March 2016, 4,690 children ceased to be looked after due to being adopted. This is less than the 5,360 in 2015 but is still higher than the 3,470 children ceasing to be looked after due to adoption in 2012. The SFR is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To address this reduction, we are amending legislation through the Children and Social Work Bill to improve the way decisions about long-term care options are taken, so that adoption is always pursued when it is in a child’s best interests. The Government’s adoption strategy, which we published in March, sets out plans to redesign the whole adoption system to ensure that we have the foundations in place to build a lasting change that benefits children.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has funded research on adoption disruption numbers by Julie Selwyn, Dinithi Wijedasa and Sarah Meakings - titled ‘Beyond the adoption order: challenges, intervention, disruption’. This was published in April 2014 and looked at all children who were adopted from care in England between 1st April 2000 and 31st March 2011. The research can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes data each year on the number of children starting to be looked after who were in a previous permanence arrangement, as part of the above SFR. At 31 March 2016, local authority returns showed that this figure was 510. This is available in table C1 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>. This data was collected for the first time in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that adoptive families need support and that is why we established the Adoption Support Fund (the Fund). Local Authorities made 5,873 applications to the Fund on behalf of 8,193 families during the period November 2015 – October 2016. During the same period (November 2015 – October 2016) £26,714,546.16 of funding was approved. Up until 6 October, applications were fully funded where they met the Fund’s criteria. Where an application is not eligible it would be returned to the local authority to review and amend to ensure that it meets the criteria of the Fund. Once an application is approved the total value requested from the Fund would be paid out in full to the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 October, we introduced a ‘fair access’ limit for the Fund: eligible applications of up to £5,000 will continue to be fully funded; exceptional cases can receive up to an additional £25,000 from the Fund where there is matched funding from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 51608 51610 question first answered 07/11/2016 13:25:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

627320

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptive families have applied to the Adoption Support Fund in the last 12 months; how much has been paid from that Fund during that time period; and how much has been paid out below the amount claimed in that time period.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption, 2015 to 2016’ published by the Department for Education shows that to the year ending 31 March 2016, 4,690 children ceased to be looked after due to being adopted. This is less than the 5,360 in 2015 but is still higher than the 3,470 children ceasing to be looked after due to adoption in 2012. The SFR is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To address this reduction, we are amending legislation through the Children and Social Work Bill to improve the way decisions about long-term care options are taken, so that adoption is always pursued when it is in a child’s best interests. The Government’s adoption strategy, which we published in March, sets out plans to redesign the whole adoption system to ensure that we have the foundations in place to build a lasting change that benefits children.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has funded research on adoption disruption numbers by Julie Selwyn, Dinithi Wijedasa and Sarah Meakings - titled ‘Beyond the adoption order: challenges, intervention, disruption’. This was published in April 2014 and looked at all children who were adopted from care in England between 1st April 2000 and 31st March 2011. The research can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes data each year on the number of children starting to be looked after who were in a previous permanence arrangement, as part of the above SFR. At 31 March 2016, local authority returns showed that this figure was 510. This is available in table C1 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>. This data was collected for the first time in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that adoptive families need support and that is why we established the Adoption Support Fund (the Fund). Local Authorities made 5,873 applications to the Fund on behalf of 8,193 families during the period November 2015 – October 2016. During the same period (November 2015 – October 2016) £26,714,546.16 of funding was approved. Up until 6 October, applications were fully funded where they met the Fund’s criteria. Where an application is not eligible it would be returned to the local authority to review and amend to ensure that it meets the criteria of the Fund. Once an application is approved the total value requested from the Fund would be paid out in full to the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 October, we introduced a ‘fair access’ limit for the Fund: eligible applications of up to £5,000 will continue to be fully funded; exceptional cases can receive up to an additional £25,000 from the Fund where there is matched funding from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 51608 51609 question first answered 07/11/2016 13:25:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton