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	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to put an end to rough sleeping and provide destitute people with suitable housing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL11625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it by 2027. The Government is implementing a range of measures to tackle rough sleeping such as the Homeless Reduction Act, which is the most ambitious homelessness legislative reform in decades. The Rough Sleeping Strategy is backed by £100 million of funding over the next two years and the Rough Sleeping Initiative will provide 500 new dedicated homelessness workers and 1,750 additional bed spaces this winter.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 03/12/2018 16:39:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

993356

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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	Prefabricated Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent developments in modular construction and its possible impact on the supply of housing in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL10884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government regularly keeps up-to-date with developments in the construction and housebuilding sector, including around modern methods of construction. It has not made a specific assessment of the possible impact of modern methods of construction on housing supply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/11/2018 13:24:37 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

993357

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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	Prefabricated Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage off-site manufacturing to help towards increasing the supply of housing in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL10885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Our Housing White Paper set out measures to stimulate the growth of modern methods of construction (MMC), including offsite and innovative techniques.</p><p>£2.5 billion of our £4.5 billion Home Building Fund provides loan finance to builders using these methods and our MMC Working Group will launch a single assurance platform assessing new technologies for homes in the coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/11/2018 13:19:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

934647

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	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	Bookshops: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will extend business rates relief to bookshops.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL9224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a range of business rates reforms and measures to support businesses, including bookshops, worth over £10 billion by 2023. This includes, from April 2017, permanently doubling Small Business Rate Relief and raising the threshold for relief meaning that over 600,000 small businesses now pay no business rates at all, and helping all business by switching the measure of inflation, used for the indexation of rates, from Retail Price Index to Consumer Price Index.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/07/2018 16:41:28 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

847853

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Town Twinning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to assess the impact of the UK leaving the EU on existing and possible future twinning arrangements between towns and villages.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL5830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Twinning will continue to play an important part in the relationship between the United Kingdom and the states of the European Union, contributing to that deep and special relationship the Prime Minister has made clear she envisages for the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/02/2018 15:25:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

713134

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	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: Veterans
	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 initiative by Cheltenham Borough Council to build homes for veterans; and whether they will encourage other local authorities to take similar action to house those who have left the armed forces.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government commends Cheltenham Borough Council for the steps they have taken which are in line with the Armed Forces Covenant and measures which we have put in place to ensure that serving members of the Armed Forces and veterans are given appropriate priority for social housing.</p><p>In 2012 we introduced regulations to ensure that seriously injured and disabled Service personnel and former members of the Armed Forces with urgent housing needs are always given high priority for social housing.</p><p>At the same time, we introduced regulations to ensure that serving personnel, and veterans who are within 5 years of having been discharged, do not lose their qualification rights for social housing because of the necessity to move from base to base.</p><p>Our 2012 statutory social housing allocations guidance goes further and also strongly encourages councils to take into account the needs of all serving or former Service personnel when framing their housing allocation schemes. It gives examples of how councils can do this, including setting aside a proportion of properties for former members of the Armed Forces under a local lettings policy, which is what Cheltenham Borough Council have done.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/03/2017 15:18:31 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

450520

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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	Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take against landlords who fail to maintain their properties in a safe and fit state of repair.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL5882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System assesses the health and safety risks in all residential properties. Under the Housing Act 2004, following an Rating System inspection, if a local authority identifies a serious hazard they can take action, including issuing an Improvement Notice or a Hazard Awareness Notice. In extreme circumstances, the local authority may decide to make repairs themselves, or to prohibit that property from being rented out. Where a landlord fails to comply with a statutory notice, this is an offence, and they can be prosecuted by the local authority. From October 2015 we introduced protection for tenants from retaliatory eviction, where they have a legitimate complaint about the condition of the property.</p><p>The Housing and Planning Bill will strengthen local authorities’ ability and incentives to tackle rogue landlords by introducing measures including:</p><ul><li>A database of rogue landlords and property agents convicted of certain offences;</li><li>Banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders;</li><li>Civil penalties of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution;</li><li>Extension of Rent Repayment Orders to cover illegal eviction, breach of a banning order or failure to comply with a statutory notice;</li><li>A more stringent fit and proper person test for landlords of licensable properties such as Houses in Multiple Occupation.</li></ul><p>My Department also recently announced a further £5 million of funding across 48 local authorities to tackle the worst rogue landlords in their areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/02/2016 16:52:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham