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1187042

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 is taking to support tenants who are unable to pay their rent as a result of loss of income due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	33457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>On 18 March, we announced a radical package of measures to protect renters and landlords affected by coronavirus. Emergency legislation has been brought forward as an urgent priority so that landlords will not be able to start proceedings to evict tenants for at least a three-month period. As a result of these measures, no renter in private or social accommodation needs to be concerned about the threat of eviction during this time.</p><p>Tenants will continue to be liable for their rent, and those tenants who can afford to pay should continue to do so. The Government has also announced unprecedented measures to support workers to stay in work during this period by paying up to 80 per cent of their wages, increasing the amount available to welfare claimants and raising the Local Housing Allowance rate to the 30 <sup>th </sup>percentile, supporting tenants who may have already been struggling with their rent. These significant financial measures will support tenants to continue to pay their living costs, including rental payments.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/04/2020 13:22:35 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1187120

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Council Tax: Coronavirus
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 plans his Department has to push back the council tax 10-month payment period, so that payments can be made from June 2020 to March 2021, to allow for the council tax break to fall during the estimated peak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	33540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have the flexibility to spread council tax payments over any consecutive ten months of the year. The Government is aware that some councils have already used this flexibility to help local people in the light of COVID-19. The Government has also made available a £500 million Hardship Fund to enable councils to provide additional local council tax support to the most vulnerable households.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 21/04/2020 15:58:02 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1187187

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Rents: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of introducing a ban on rent increases for (a) social and (b) private rented housing for the duration of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	33423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government have no plans to ban rent increases during the COVID-19 outbreak as we have already announced extensive measures to protect renters affected by coronavirus. Through the Coronavirus Act 2020, we have introduced legislation to delay when landlords are able to evict tenants. The legislation does this either by extending the notice period that a landlord is required to serve on a tenant to at least three months or, in some cases, creating a three months’ notice requirement where a requirement to give notice does not currently exist.  The Master of the Rolls, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, suspended all ongoing housing possession cases for 90 days from 27 March 2020.</p><p>All tenants remain liable for their rent and those who can afford to should continue to pay it. At the end of this period, if arrears have built up, landlords and tenants will be expected to work together to establish an affordable repayment plan, taking into account the tenants’ individual circumstances. For tenants in social housing, landlords will continue to work closely with residents to help them manage their rent and ensure they can access all benefits they are entitled to.</p><p>Alongside this legislative protection, the Chancellor has put in place an unprecedented support package including support for business to pay staff salaries, as well as a strengthening of the welfare safety-net with a £7 billion boost to Universal Credit, income tax and VAT deferrals. And we’ve increased Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates so that they are set at the 30th percentile of market rents in each area. These significant financial measures will help to support tenants to continue to pay their living costs, including rental payments. We have also extended the three month mortgage payment holiday to landlords with Buy to Let mortgages whose tenants are experiencing financial difficulties due to coronavirus.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/04/2020 13:17:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1187225

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Food Supply: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement by his Department on 21 March 2020 on measures to protect people at highest risk from coronavirus, what plans his Department has to support the delivery of food; whether his Department has plans to support food initiatives in local communities; and what support local authorities will provide.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	33567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>On 23 March, the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for this Department announced steps to protect 1.5 million extremely clinically vulnerable individuals. These individuals received letters asking them to shield themselves and self-isolate for the next 12 weeks.</p><p>To support these high-risk individuals, we are working with local authorities, the food industry, local resilience and emergency partners, and voluntary groups to ensure these individuals have essential items such as groceries and medicine through deliveries and priority supermarket delivery slots, if they do not have alternative means of accessing these.</p><p>The system to deliver food packages is now up and running and capacity is building in line with current demand. We have now delivered over 280,000 food packages direct to people’s doorsteps and will be ramping up our food deliveries over the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/04/2020 13:23:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1187272

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Supported Housing: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government's policy is that staff providing extra care or warden services in supported and sheltered housing schemes operated by Registered Social Landlords are key workers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	33425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Government published guidance on GOV.UK on 19 March setting out how the children of those whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home will be prioritised for education provision.</p><p>Protecting vulnerable tenants and ensuring that residents of supported and sheltered housing schemes are safe is critical at this time.</p><p>The guidance is clear that if workers think they fall within the critical categories it describes, they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 21/04/2020 13:23:01 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1187304

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Food Supply: Coronavirus
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 the national plan for delivering food assistance is; what steps he will take to support local community food initiatives; and what role local authorities will have in ensuring the supply of food assistance.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	33444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>My Department continues to work with local authorities to develop appropriate measures that ensure those most vulnerable have access to food and drink throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>This Government is implementing a system to support those whose underlying health conditions mean they are at higher clinical risk for COVID-19, and are therefore being asked to self-isolate</p><p><br>The system will enable the delivery of groceries and medicine to this group, if they do not have alternative means of accessing these in place. Deliveries of food and essential household items will be delivered to the doorstep.</p><p>Local authorities will be a key delivery agency, working closely with at-risk individuals, central Government, food industry partners and the voluntary and community sector to ensure the system operates effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/04/2020 13:18:25 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy