https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping<\/a><\/p>At Budget the Chancellor announced 28 million pounds of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for the country\u2019s most entrenched rough sleepers. The pilots will cover the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.<\/p>
The exact allocation to the areas will be subject to on-going work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are in regular contact with officials in the West Midlands and will continue to work closely with them going forward.<\/p>
The recently established Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel, of which Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands is a member, will support the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Reduction Taskforce to develop a cross-government strategy to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and to eliminate it altogether by 2027.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government, what estimate of he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in the West Midlands, in each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).<\/p>
The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.<\/p>
The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.<\/p>
Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme invitation for funding published on 23 November 2017, issued jointly by his Department and the Home Office is not open to equivalent asylum dispersal local authorities in other regions and constituent parts of the UK; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).<\/p>
The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.<\/p>
The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.<\/p>
Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.<\/p>"}
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The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).<\/p>
The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.<\/p>
The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.<\/p>
Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.<\/p>"}
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The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).<\/p>
The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.<\/p>
The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.<\/p>
Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish details of her plans for the national evaluation exercise of the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme including but not limited to (a) whether and (b) in what ways evidence from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be collated and applied in the pilot to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support across the UK from 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government invited local authorities with the highest numbers of asylum seekers receiving Government support to apply to the scheme. Ten local authorities applied by the 21 December 2017 deadline \u2013 Bradford, Coventry, Kirklees, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton. Additional applications have been received from Birmingham and Sandwell. Successful local authorities will be notified in due course.<\/p>
Participating local authorities are expected to work with asylum seekers awaiting a decision and make them aware of the support available once a decision has been made, as well as preparing them for the consequences of a negative decision by supporting a voluntary return to their home countries.<\/p>"}
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The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).<\/p>
The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.<\/p>
The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.<\/p>
Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.<\/p>"}
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The latest statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping in England are published and can be found at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics#rough-sleeping<\/a><\/p>At Budget the Chancellor announced 28 million pounds of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for the country\u2019s most entrenched rough sleepers. The pilots will cover the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.<\/p>
The exact allocation to the areas will be subject to on-going work with the regions and refinement of the scope of the pilots. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are in regular contact with officials in the West Midlands and will continue to work closely with them going forward.<\/p>
The recently established Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel, of which Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands is a member, will support the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Reduction Taskforce to develop a cross-government strategy to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and to eliminate it altogether by 2027.<\/p>"}
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