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1108998

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Night Shelters: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will meet with representatives of local authorities to discuss funding for shelters for homeless people (a) in the UK and (b) Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	240108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Our expert Rough Sleeper Initiative and Homelessness Advice and Support Team, as well as MHCLG officials, meet with local authority representatives throughout the UK on a regular basis to support their work with rough sleeping and homeless people in their area.</p><p>Sefton Local Authority which includes the town of Southport will be receiving £124,582 in funding through the Rough Sleeping Initiative to support people off the streets in 2019/20. This will be used to support homeless people with complex needs and a clinical outreach post.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff. In all, the Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/04/2019 12:58:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1109002

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Private Rented Housing
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 steps he plans to take to assess the effectiveness of provisions in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 related to the private rented sector, including (a) rent repayment orders, (b) civil penalty powers, (c) data sharing between local housing authorities and tenancy deposit schemes, (d) banning orders and (e) the database of rogue landlords; and when he plans to make those assessments.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	239974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced a range of additional powers to help local authorities tackle rogue landlords and drive up standards. These powers came into effect at different times during the last three years.</p><p><br>It is Government practice to review the impact of legislation within three to five years of implementation. This period allows measures to embed and take effect so that impact can be measured and assessed. We will carry out a review of the measures contained in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 in line with this commitment.</p><p><br>The Government has proactively engaged with local authorities through a series of roadshows and workshops, and is updating and refreshing enforcement guidance for local authorities, to ensure that they are able to utilise their powers to maximum effect.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/04/2019 16:24:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1109003

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	5G
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of Permitted Development Rights in allowing installation of infrastructure to develop the (a) existing and (b) proposed 5G mobile phone network.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	239975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:00:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1109004

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Local Growth Deals: Borderlands
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 process his Department is using to allocate Borderlands Growth Deal funding; and what progress he has made in allocating that funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	239976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>A total of up to £447 million will be invested in the Borderlands region, including up to £260 million towards the deal from UK Government; £102 million UK Government investment in Carlisle from the Housing Infrastructure Fund; and £85 million contribution to the deal from Scottish Government. Following the Government’s Spring Statement announcement, we are now working with partners towards a Heads of Terms deal in the coming months. This will set out the specific projects and interventions to be delivered through the deal, based on the local proposals that best drive growth and productivity across the region and represent value for money.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/04/2019 15:08:41 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1109013

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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: Sikhs
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 and what proportion of homeless people who died outdoors in the last 12 months were Sikh.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	240066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The ONS recently published a statistical report on the deaths of homeless people in England and Wales. This does not break down the number of deaths by religion. The full ONS report can be found at the following website: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsofhomelesspeopleinenglandandwales" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsofhomelesspeopleinenglandandwales</a>.</p><p>Every death of someone sleeping rough on our streets is one too many and we take this matter extremely seriously. The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>In it’s first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>It should not happen that people die prematurely and on the street because they are homeless. Whilst we recognise that suitable housing is a key part of the solution, health services have a significant role to play, alongside other public services. The MHCLG is working with the DHSC to ensure that rough sleepers have the health care they need, when they need it. The 10 year NHS long-term plan sets out that the NHS will invest up to £30 million on health services for people sleeping rough from 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/04/2019 16:46:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1109079

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234648 on the finding that the average time taken in 2018-19 to determine cases entering the Housing Ombudsman Service’s formal remit is expected to be less than seven months as of the end of March 2019, for what reason the Housing Ombudsman Service is advising people referring complaints to it that there is an eight to ten months wait for a determination on those complaints to be made.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Ombudsman Service started the year with an average case determination time of 8 months and has used this as an indicator to customers throughout the year. On 4 April 2019, The Housing Ombudsman advised all staff of performance for 2018-19 and advised an update to their advice to customers, that determinations will take between 6 and 8 months. The Ombudsman's advice is that the expected timescales - using a range as the average - will not be experienced by all customers.This will vary dependent on the level of complexity of cases entering the Housing Ombudsman Service’s formal remit.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/04/2019 15:59:23 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1109080

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234648 on Housing Ombudsman Service, for what reasons there has been a 24 per cent increase in cases entering the Housing Ombudsman Service’s formal remit for determination in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The increase in cases entering the Housing Ombudsman’s formal remit is likely to reflect the increase in the volume of residents exiting landlords’ complaints procedures and still seeking resolution. We cannot comment with certainty on the reasons for the increase as the explanation will be the aggregate of individual factors across social landlords. Responsive repairs has continued to be the largest category of complaint received at 37 per cent of the overall number in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/04/2019 15:56:51 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1109081

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234648 on Housing Ombudsman Service, which stakeholders the Housing Ombudsman Service is required to consult with on the proposals within its draft Corporate Plan 2019-22 and draft Business Plan 2019-20; and which organisations have responded to those consultations.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Framework Document agreed between the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Housing Ombudsman, the Housing Ombudsman will consult with residents and members of the Scheme on the draft business plan each year. The Housing Ombudsman received 74 responses from individual landlord organisations, residents and resident organisations and other stakeholders. A list of respondents will be published together with the Business plan 2019-20 and Corporate plan 2019-22 once they have been agreed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/04/2019 15:56:22 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1109082

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234648 on Housing Ombudsman Service, if he will instruct the Housing Ombudsman Service to set its subscription fee at the level required to deliver the resources to reduce the average waiting time for determination of a complaint to four months.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The proposed fee for the next year was set out in the Housing Ombudsman’s draft Business Plan 2019/20 for consultation. Together with the Corporate plan 2019-22, it sets out a series of strategic priorities and measures of success for the coming year and includes its plans for subscription levels. The final level remains subject to Secretary of State approval.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/04/2019 15:58:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1109083

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 234648 on Housing Ombudsman Service, how many complaints the Housing Ombudsman Service received against (a) A2Dominion, (b) Clarion Housing Group, (c) London & Quadrant, (d) Notting Hill Genesis, (e) One Housing Group, (f) Peabody and (g) Southern Housing Group in 2018-19; and how many of those complaints were upheld.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, the Housing Ombudsman received 1,452 complaints about (a) A2Dominion, (b) Clarion Housing Group, (c) London &amp; Quadrant, (d) Notting Hill Genesis, (e) One Housing Group, (f) Peabody and (g) Southern Housing Group. The breakdown was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> <strong>Landlord name</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A2Dominion <br> Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clarion Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London &amp; Quadrant <br> Housing Trust</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notting Hill Genesis</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peabody Trust</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> <strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>1,452</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the 377 complaints determined by the Housing Ombudsman between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 for (a) A2Dominion, (b) Clarion Housing Group, (c) London &amp; Quadrant, (d) Notting Hill Genesis, (e) One Housing Group, (f) Peabody and (g) Southern <br> Housing Group is below. Of these, a total of 171 cases were upheld by <br> the Housing Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> <strong>Landlord name</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>Upheld</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>Not upheld</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>Total Determined</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A2Dominion Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clarion Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London &amp; Quadrant Housing Trust</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notting Hill Genesis</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One <br> Housing Group Limited</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peabody <br> Trust</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern Housing Group <br> Limited</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> <strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>171</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>377</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/04/2019 16:37:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick