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517380

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date	04/05/2016
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	Supporting People Programme: Devon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Supported People programme funding to local authorities reaches vulnerable people in Devon.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	36471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the Supporting People Grant was rolled into the local government finance settlement in 2011-12. Decisions on how money should be spent are best made by local authorities. Local authorities have the freedom and flexibility to prioritise and make their own decisions on how they spend their budgets.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/05/2016 14:57:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

517387

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help people in receipt of housing benefit secure private rented accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	36470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey, funded by the Department, published its Headline Report 2014-15 in February which showed that 27% of privately rented households are in receipt of housing benefit. This demonstrates that the private rented sector remains accessible to housing benefit claimants.</p><p>The key to improving choice and affordability for tenants is to increase the supply of private rented homes. That’s why the Government introduced the £1 billion Build to Rent fund, and the £3.5 billion Private Rented Sector guarantee scheme, to finance thousands of extra homes built specifically for private rent.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/05/2016 09:18:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

514784

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps other than the social care precept the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities are able adequately to fund services for people with learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	34981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>In addition to the social care precept, which gives local authorities access to up to £2 billion for adult social care by 2019/20; the Government has supported adult social care, which includes care for those with learning disabilities, by giving local authorities access to up to £1.5 billion of new support by 2019/20. This is based on the additional social care monies to be included in the Better Care Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In the national service model and <em>Building the Right Support</em> published in October 2015, NHS England, the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services set out how areas would be supported to deliver lasting change to people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges.</p><p> </p><p>This includes service transformation – shifting money from some services, such as inpatient care, into others, such as community services.</p><p> </p><p>To support this NHS England is making available up to £30 million of transformation funding over three years, to be matched by clinical commissioning groups, and £15 million in capital funding. This funding is in addition to the £10 million which was made available to six fast track areas in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/04/2016 09:21:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

513964

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure local authorities can adequately fund learning disability services.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	34518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>In the national service model and <em>Building the Right Support</em> published in October 2015, NHS England, the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services set out how areas would be supported to deliver lasting change to people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges.</p><p>This includes service transformation – shifting money from some services, such as inpatient care, into others, such as community services.</p><p>To support this NHS England is making available up to £30 million of transformation funding over three years, to be matched by clinical commissioning groups, and £15 million in capital funding. This funding is in addition to the £10 million which was made available to six fast track areas in 2015/16.</p><p>The Government has supported adult social care, which includes care for those with learning disabilities, by giving local authorities access to up to £3.5 billion of new support by 2019/20. This includes the adult social care precept, allowing councils to increase council tax by 2% above the existing threshold, as well as additional social care monies to be included in the Better Care Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/04/2016 09:22:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox