Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1173599

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Homelessness: Hendon
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 steps he will take through the Rough Sleeping Strategy to eradicate homelessness in Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. The Government have allocated £437 million to tackle homelessness over 2020/2021. This marks an additional £69 million on what Government provided in 2019/20.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, came into force on 3 April 2018. It placed new duties on local housing authorities to take reasonable steps to try to prevent and relieve a person’s homelessness. Government have allocated £5,129,847 to the London Borough of Barnet for 20/21 to support them in delivering their duties under the Act. Barnet have also been allocated £636,845 for 20/21 as part of the Rough Sleeping Initiative. The Rough Sleeping Initiative funding is being used by councils to implement a number of initiatives which includes the following:</p><ul><li>Create street-based services including outreach teams who will locate and support rough sleepers directly on the streets and offer them access to services;</li></ul><ul><li>Establish first stage accommodation such as hostels, Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs and emergency access beds which provide warm and dry shelter, rapid assessment, and support to people who are already - or at risk of - sleeping rough;</li></ul><ul><li>Set up housing support providing stable, affordable accommodation and intensive wrap-around support to help people who are sleeping rough recover from complex issues and sustain their tenancies;</li></ul><ul><li>Introduce specialist support workers including Rough Sleeping Coordinators, navigators, and specialist health and care staff.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/02/2020 16:21:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173601

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Homelessness: Finance
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 funding has been allocated to tackling homelessness in financial year 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. <br> <br>In 2019/20 £368 million was allocated to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This funding is comprised of programmes such as:</p><ul><li><strong>The Flexible Homelessness Support Grant </strong>which seeks to help local authorities plan and respond to their local homelessness pressures;</li><li><strong>The Rough Sleeping Initiative</strong> which is making an immediate impact on rough sleeping levels by funding local authorities to provide specialist services to help people off the streets and into secure accommodation;</li><li><strong>The Rapid Rehousing Pathway</strong> which puts in place the structures to ensure we prevent and quickly respond to rough sleeping in the longer term via a package of measures. This includes Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs which provide dry shelter, specialist navigators who act as a single point of contact, and funding to help source properties and improve tenancy sustainment.</li></ul><p>The Government have allocated £437 million to tackle homelessness over 2020/2021. This marks an additional £69 million on what Government provided in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/02/2020 16:22:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173662

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional financial support her Department provides to vulnerable people who claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Millions of people who move onto Universal Credit from legacy benefits are better off, including around a million disabled households who will gain on average around £100 per month.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants, and wants the application process for Universal Credit to be as quick and easy as possible, ensuring that claimants receive money at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland have supported over 180,000 individuals through the ‘Help to Claim’ provision since April 2019, offering tailored and practical support to help people make a Universal Credit claim up to receiving their first full correct payment on time. ‘Help to Claim’ is available online, on the phone and face-to-face in multiple locations including Jobcentres and Citizen’s Advice Bureaux.</p><p> </p><p>We have listened to feedback on how we can improve Universal Credit to support our claimants and acted quickly, making improvements such as extending advances, removing waiting days, and introducing housing benefit run on. These changes are giving support to those who need it most, whilst at the same time helping people get into work faster</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 10362 question first answered 04/02/2020 17:50:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1172951

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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	Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of national museums charging for specific exhibitions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>It is government policy to maintain free entry to the permanent collections of the national museums. However, DCMS-sponsored museums are entitled to charge for temporary specific exhibitions. Such exhibitions, in addition to helping generate income, are a vital part of the museums’ visitor offer. At any one time, the public will be able to enjoy a range of free and paid-for exhibitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/01/2020 17:22:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1171604

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of his Department's advertising for High Flying Entertainment on Channel 4's (a) Film 4 (b) E4 and (c) More 4 television channels.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The cost of a 12 month sponsorship of Channel 4 / E4 High Flying Entertainment programming was £594,332.34 excluding VAT.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/01/2020 15:49:32 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1171605

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the UK will remain a party to the European Convention on Human Rights after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK will remain party to the ECHR after it has left the EU. The UK has strong human rights protections within a comprehensive and well-established constitutional and legal system and the decision to leave the EU does not change this.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 27/01/2020 14:11:29 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1171606

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	European Court of Justice: Judgements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the provisions in the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill will enable the UK to determine the circumstances in which lower courts will have regard to rulings of the European Court of Justice in relation to retained EU case law.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Section 26 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 provides a power for Ministers to make regulations to determine which Courts may depart from judgments handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union before the end of the implementation period and in what circumstances. This will ensure UK courts are not inappropriately bound by retained EU case law after the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 27/01/2020 14:12:37 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1171607

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the CPS has adequate resources to tackle hate crime on social media.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to robustly prosecuting online hate crime cases, including offline offences with online elements. The CPS works closely with partners across Government under the hate crime action plan.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 August 2019, the Prime Minister announced an investment of an additional £85 million for the CPS. The work carried out by the CPS is changing, and this new funding will provide the increased capacity to enable the CPS to respond effectively to challenging trends, such as an increase in online crime and the volume of digital evidence.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/01/2020 16:45:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1170630

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Mental Health Support Teams Trailblazers in London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	3180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The first Mental Health Support Team (MHST) trailblazer sites were announced in December 2018. The 7 Mental Health Support Team (MHSTs) sites selected in London will deliver 15 MHSTs in this first wave of implementation. They are all expected to have completed their training by the end of 2019 / early 2020 and will be fully operational following this. As a result, it is too early to assess their effectiveness in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>A further 16 MHST sites were announced in London in 2019 (23 MHST sites in total), due to deliver a total of 41 MHSTs between them. Each team is expected to support up to 20 schools and colleges, or a population of around 8,000 children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The national early evaluation of the trailblazer programme formally commenced on 1 October 2019. The protocol for the first phase of the evaluation is available at <a href="https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/16/138/31" target="_blank">https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/16/138/31</a>, and findings are expected to be published in Spring/Summer 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/01/2020 17:32:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1170631

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of mental health assessments for looked after children.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	3181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Healthcare and social care are devolved matters.</p><p>The Department jointly commissioned with Department for Health and Social Care an Expert Working Group to look at how the mental health needs of looked-after children, previously looked-after children and care leavers in England could be better met. In November 2017, the group made a set of recommendations including on improving assessment of the mental health needs of looked-after children.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is taking forward a number of these recommendations through our £1 million mental health assessment pilot programme, which is testing improved approaches to the mental health and wellbeing element of the health assessment on entry to care.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has appointed SQW Limited to carry out an evaluation of the pilot and fieldwork is currently underway. This will help inform our assessment of the changes needed to the mental health assessments of looked-after children.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3203 3262 question first answered 20/01/2020 17:46:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord