In 2020/21 MHCLG provided £200,000 of grant funding to Housing Justice. This fund works to equip faith and community night shelters to develop good practice and to help faith and community groups to be more coordinated and linked-in with other homelessness provision (statutory, commissioned and other third sector) and provide a route away from the street.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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We are\u202falso supporting those at risk of homelessness, with\u202fan injection of\u202f£9.3\u202fbillion into the welfare system.\u202f\u202fThis includes increasing the\u202fLocal Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants so that they are set at the 30th percentile of market rents.<\/p>
The Government has also brought forward legislation requiring landlords to provide six months\u2019 notice in most circumstances. This will be in force from 29 August 2020 until 31 March 2021.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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On 17 September, we announced the funding allocations for the interim accommodation element of the Next Steps Accommodation Programme. Brighton and Hove Council have been allocated £3,428,766. Bids for move on accommodation under the £161 million longer-term accommodation portion of the programme are being assessed and local authorities will be contacted in due course.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
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My Department has regular discussions with the Trade Unions and this request is currently being considered .<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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The data requested is not held centrally and to gather the data for the whole department would exceed the disproportionate cost limit.<\/p>
<\/p>
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The Civil Service Talent Action Plan, published in 2014, included a requirement that all civil servants complete learning on unconscious bias. Online learning was made available via Civil Service Learning (CSL) for all staff and a face to face course for the Senior Civil Service (SCS). As part of the introduction of the CSL Learning Platform for Government website in Autumn 2019, MHCLG has set an updated curriculum which outlines 'required' learning for all staff, including the SCS. This is inclusive of an e-learning course on Diversity and Inclusion, which includes 4 modules covering unconscious bias in various contexts (e.g. recruitment) and a stand-alone course on unconscious bias. There is no cost per use charge to the Department for online learning; data on spend in relation to these courses is therefore not held centrally and to gather the data for the whole department would exceed the disproportionate cost limit.<\/p>"}
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes management information about the support for rough sleepers and those at risk of rough sleeping during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>
The latest data was published on 3 June and shows 14,610 people were provided emergency accommodation at May 2020. This data can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-rough-sleeper-accommodation-survey-data-may-2020<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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Nationally nearly 15,000 vulnerable people have been housed in emergency accommodation, including hotels, since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown period. This includes people coming in directly from the streets, people previously housed in shared night shelters and people who have become vulnerable to rough sleeping during the pandemic.\u202f\u202fOn 3 June, the Government published the management information that supports this announcement.<\/p>
This management information has been collected from over 300 local authorities nationally. We are continuing to work with local authorities to understand the work they are doing to help the most vulnerable in our society. Data is collected on an ongoing basis and we are currently working closely with local authorities to ensure that the data we hold is robust.<\/p>"}
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) risk assessment for Marsham Street was finalised and published on 28th July 2020. The risk assessment for the building was undertaken by the MHCLG Estates Team in close consultation with both the Home Office, who are the site landlord, and Bouygues, the contracted FM supplier for the building and Arcadis who MHCLG have contracted to support the risk assessment process.<\/p>
Following initial discussions, a maximum building occupancy was agreed between the Home Office and all tenants of the building, reflecting the available resources to safely maintain the building. For MHCLG this was initially set at 150 staff, ensuring that social distancing measures could be adhered to, as well as ensuring a significant pressure reduction on entry and exit points. This works out at approximately 11 per cent of normal workstation capacity available for MHCLG staff.<\/p>
As resources to maintain the building have returned to normal, we have been able to increase our capacity limit, taking account of social distancing measures, and now have 450 workstations available for use. This represents around 37 per cent of our normal workstation level.<\/p>"}
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