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1260131

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement of 18 December 2018 of £5 million for a new network of rough sleeping hubs, how many of those rough sleeping hubs are operational; where they are located; and how many bed spaces they will provide in winter 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>In our Rough Sleeping Strategy, MHCLG committed to piloting at least 15 Somewhere Safe to Stay (SStS) hubs. We announced the first 11 of these hubs on 18 December 2018 located in: Brighton &amp; Hove; Bristol; Cheshire; Derby; Gloucestershire; Lincoln; Liverpool; Medway; Nottingham; Preston; and West London</p><p>On 3 May 2020, we announced funding for a further 20 SStS hubs across the country, bringing the total number of hubs to 31 – exceeding the commitment made in the Rough Sleeping Strategy.</p><p>These additional hubs were located in: Bedford; East Suffolk; Milton Keynes; Norwich; Cornwall; Hull; Luton; Durham; Plymouth; South Norfolk; Southampton; Warrington; Oxford; Worcester; Haringey; Leeds; Croydon; Southwark; Thanet District Council; and the Greater London Authority.</p><p>SStS hubs are subject to similar considerations as night shelters and decisions to open must be balanced on a detailed Covid-19 risk assessment.</p><p>MHCLG are working closely with local authorities to monitor the plans of providers across the country and ensuring that they offer Covid-secure services, should their local authority make the decision for them to open.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/12/2020 13:14:12 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1260132

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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: 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, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless people who are clinically extremely vulnerable in England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that many people sleeping rough have health and care support needs that make them clinically vulnerable or clinically extremely vulnerable.</p><p>That is why the Government is working with councils to prioritise support for clinically vulnerable people sleeping rough as part of the £15 million Protect Programme. Areas with high numbers of rough sleepers will receive extra targeted support to provide accommodation for those currently sleeping rough, working with councils to prioritise those who are clinically vulnerable – this will continue throughout the winter.  All local authorities have been asked to update their delivery plans for supporting rough sleepers to set out how they will ensure rough sleepers are supported across the winter period. We have also worked closely with Public Health England and NHS England to ensure people who have been brought in from the streets in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have their health needs and care needs met. Local authorities continue to have statutory duties to help people identified as homeless, or threatened with homelessness in their area, including rough sleepers.</p><p>Our ongoing support to rough sleepers has been shown to have protected many extremely vulnerable people from the risk of Covid-19 and ultimately will have saved lives. According to research by UCL, published in the Lancet, preventative measures taken by the Government may have avoided 21,092 infections, 266 deaths, 1,164 hospital admissions and 338 intensive care (ICU) admissions of homeless people.</p><p>We know that the reasons people sleep rough are complex and that they require support as well as accommodation. On Monday we also announced allocations of £23 million for substance misuse treatment and recovery services for people rough sleeping or at risk, backed by an additional investment of £52 million next year. This will enable us to support more vulnerable people with substance misuse needs, to enable individuals to access the support they need to rebuild their lives off the streets and move towards longer-term accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/12/2020 16:35:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1260133

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on Electric Vehicle Charging in Residential and Non-residential Buildings that closed in October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>We are analysing the feedback from respondents and aim to make an announcement early next year.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/12/2020 11:28:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1260134

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to named day Question 114249, tabled by the hon. Member for Bristol West on 11 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The hon. Member’s question will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/12/2020 12:28:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1260136

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure lenders extend the repayment period for Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans from six to 10 years in the event that such requests are made by borrowers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Winter Economy Plan, the Chancellor announced our intention to allow lenders to extend the repayment period for CBILS loans where this is needed, to a maximum of 10 years. Since then, we have worked at pace alongside BEIS and the British Business Bank to implement this policy, in line with EU State Aid rules. I can confirm that the British Business Bank has now begun updating scheme documentation with lenders to allow for the extension of a CBILS facility in this way – this process is expected to complete shortly.</p><p> </p><p>I should be clear that CBILS term extensions will be offered at the discretion of lenders, unlike the “Pay As You Grow” options for Bounce Back loans. Extensions will be limited to those borrowers that lenders assess are in difficulty and will benefit from the extension, and only for the duration required, meaning that lenders may offer an extension to 7 years, for example, rather than the maximum 10 years allowed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/12/2020 13:30:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1260137

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Youth Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to make available funding from the Youth Investment Fund; and how the £30 million allocated to capital investment for 2021-22 will be distributed across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The Youth Investment Fund remains a manifesto commitment for transformative levelling up across England over the course of the parliament. In the recent announced Spending Review £30m of this was committed as capital investment for 2021-22. This will provide investment in new and refurbished safe spaces for young people, so they can access support youth workers, and positive activities out of school, including sport and culture. Further details of the timetable for allocation and how the funding will be distributed will be announced in due course.</p><p>Government recognises the significant impact of Covid-19 on young people, particularly the most vulnerable, and on the youth services that support them. A £16.5m Youth Covid-19 Support Fund has been announced which will protect the immediate future of grassroots and national youth organisations across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 16/12/2020 14:15:11 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1257195

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	Social Media: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward (a) fines for and (b) criminal prosecutions against social media companies in the event that voluntary agreements do not result in a reduction in misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine on those companies' platforms.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	123621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with social media platforms to help them identify and take action to remove incorrect claims about the virus, particularly around the potential Covid-19 vaccine in line with their revised terms and conditions, and to promote authoritative sources of information.</p><p>The Online Harms White Paper highlighted disinformation as potentially being in scope of the regulatory framework, and set out a list of potential steps that platforms could take ahead of regulation. Further details about how the legislation and the regulator will tackle disinformation will be published in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper. The regulator will have strong enforcement powers to deal with non-compliance, including the power to issue notices, warnings and fines.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/12/2020 15:26:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1257297

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	Hostels and Night Shelters
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 he has made of the number of shelter beds that will be available in (a) hostels and (b) emergency night shelters during winter 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	123622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Homeless Link provide information on the number of hostels in their annual review of single homelessness - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.homeless.org.uk%2Ffacts%2Four-research%2Fannual-review-of-single-homelessness-support-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C05221a480fb4452aa58b08d89838276b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637426714226373729%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ax563cUVp3WpuKBT1dBSVYVNDjH34NczzP%2BobUeGPJI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/facts/our-research/annual-review-of-single-homelessness-support-in-england.</a></p><p>The Department are monitoring the opening of shelters. Our expert rough sleeping advisers are working closely with local authorities to monitor the plans of shelter providers across the country and ensuring that they offer Covid-secure services, should their local authority deem it necessary for them to open.</p><p>We are working closely with all local authorities to ensure that they have the necessary winter provision available.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/12/2020 15:00:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1257298

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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: 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 hotel rooms have been provided to accommodate homeless people in each of the last 10 months in England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	123623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government has protected thousands of lives during the pandemic with targeted support to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from Covid-19.</p><p>We have published data in May and September this year on the numbers in emergency accommodation who had previously been rough sleeping or were at risk of rough sleeping. This is available publicly online. By September, through the ‘Everyone In’ campaign, we had supported over 29,000 vulnerable people with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 provided with settled accommodation or move on support. Emergency accommodation provided includes commercial hotels, B&amp;Bs, hostels and other forms of self-contained temporary accommodation. Further information on the type of accommodation is not available.</p><p>This work is ongoing. Local authorities continue to support vulnerable individuals, including through the Next Steps Accommodation Programme, which aims to prevent as many of those accommodated during the pandemic as possible from returning to the streets, and through the Protect Programme, which targets funding to the areas that most need additional support throughout winter.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/12/2020 15:56:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1256555

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to communicate (a) covid-19 risks, (b) guidance and (c) mitigation measures to non-English language speakers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	122765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Since March 2020, Public Health England has translated key public guidance on COVID-19 in multiple languages including Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu. These include shielding guidance in Bulgarian, Hindi and Nepali. Examples of guidance documents that have been translated are available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19</a></p><p>Local councils have also produced translations into various community languages.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/12/2020 15:25:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire