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1258082

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Veterans: Sleeping Rough
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 recent estimate he has made of the number of veterans of European armed forces rough sleeping in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	124861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect data on how many veterans of European armed forces are sleeping rough.</p><p>We recognise that our veterans have played a vital role in keeping our country safe and we owe them a duty to ensure they are provided with all the support they need.</p><p>The annual Statutory Homeless Release for April 2019 to March 2020 showed that, of the total number of households assessed as owed a homelessness duty, 0.7 per cent had a support need relating to having served in Her Majesty’s armed forces.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act requires certain public authorities to refer members of the regular forces in England they consider to be homeless or threatened with homelessness within 56 days to a local housing authority, with the individual’s consent. A person who is vulnerable as a result of having been a member of Her Majesty’s regular armed forces has a priority need for accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/12/2020 14:55:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1258140

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Islamophobia
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 he will commission independent research on the causes of Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps its policies on addressing hate crime under review and in doing so draws upon extensive existing research regarding the drivers of anti-Muslim hatred.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/12/2020 17:29:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258141

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Islamophobia
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 his Department has made of trends in Islamophobic hate crime since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government engages with Muslim communities in order to tackle hatred against them, this includes understanding issues and trends that drive hate crime. The Government publishes an annual hate crime statistical bulletin which shows the number of hate crimes recorded by the Police that are perceived to have an anti-Muslim motivation. In 2017-18 there were 2965 reports, in 2018-19 there were 3530 reports and in 2019-20 there were 3089 reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/12/2020 14:58:01 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258142

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Islamophobia
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 tackle Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government has pledged to tackle prejudice, racism and discrimination. We already have some of the strongest legislation in the world to tackle hate crime and, where groups incite racial hatred or are engaged in racially or religiously motivated criminal activity, we would expect them to be prosecuted.</p><p>This Government’s work to tackle the scourge of anti-Muslim hatred is extensive, and includes:</p><p>· supporting Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) with more than £2.8 million since 2016, helping to monitor and combat anti-Muslim hatred;</p><p>· providing almost £5 million through our Places of Worship Security Grant in the last two years alone - helping to secure and protect mosques and other places of worship</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 124892 124899 question first answered 11/12/2020 14:57:42 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258144

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Islamophobia
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 tackle the level of Islamophobic hate crime in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government has pledged to tackle prejudice, racism and discrimination. We already have some of the strongest legislation in the world to tackle hate crime and, where groups incite racial hatred or are engaged in racially or religiously motivated criminal activity, we would expect them to be prosecuted.</p><p>This Government’s work to tackle the scourge of anti-Muslim hatred is extensive, and includes:</p><p>· supporting Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) with more than £2.8 million since 2016, helping to monitor and combat anti-Muslim hatred;</p><p>· providing almost £5 million through our Places of Worship Security Grant in the last two years alone - helping to secure and protect mosques and other places of worship</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 124890 124899 question first answered 11/12/2020 14:57:42 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258192

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Retail Trade: Northern Ireland
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 support his Department is providing (a) directly and (b) to the Northern Ireland Executive to support Northern Ireland’s high streets.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	124903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to supporting the businesses and communities that make our high streets and town centres successful, particularly as the nation responds to the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak. Now more than ever, it is vital that we continue to help our local economies by supporting town centres and high streets, adapt and evolve.</p><p>High streets and town centres policy is a devolved matter. Government officials have worked and will continue to work closely with their counterparts in the devolved administrations on the response to Covid-19 and in the future.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/12/2020 17:29:46 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1257566

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
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	Help to Buy Scheme
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 (a) cost to the public purse was of and (b) value of assets was in the Help to Buy scheme in each financial year since 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	124304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Help to Buy expenditure (equity loans made), redemptions (equity loans repaid) and value of the loan portfolio (loan book) are published each year in Homes England's Annual Report &amp; Financial Statements and are summarised below for the financial years 2017-18 through to 2019-20 expressed in £000’s:</p><p>2017/18</p><p>Expenditure: £3,048,679 Valuation of assets: £8,314,304</p><p>Redemptions: (£492,394)</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomes-england-annual-report-and-financial-statements&amp;data=04%7C01%7CIan.HSmith%40communities.gov.uk%7Cba8e01f1fc9e40ff972c08d897811d09%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637425928072973839%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=oeO%2BSr42IGKFzQzBTPSo2ATmZviXXxIRWjMZXE3loSk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-england-annual-report-and-financial-statements</a></p><p>2018/19</p><p>Expenditure: £3,530,582 Valuation of assets: £11,083,941</p><p>Redemptions: (£714,925)</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomes-england-annual-report-financial-statements-201819&amp;data=04%7C01%7CIan.HSmith%40communities.gov.uk%7Cba8e01f1fc9e40ff972c08d897811d09%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637425928072983828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2uWFkrM%2BSrUx7R4JDhvtXZK54WVTkAqVmkpZeOiIf%2B4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-england-annual-report-financial-statements-201819</a></p><p>2019/20</p><p>Expenditure: £3,592,940 Valuation of assets: £14,016,314</p><p>Redemptions: (£919,840)</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomes-england-annual-report-financial-statements-201920&amp;data=04%7C01%7CIan.HSmith%40communities.gov.uk%7Cba8e01f1fc9e40ff972c08d897811d09%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637425928072993829%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=4i%2FXxJcpDJlAhMsKLdzVilWU62YvK9VT8F3BQuk80Lg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-england-annual-report-financial-statements-201920</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/12/2020 17:44:24 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1257340

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
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	Pre-school Education: 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, with reference to the Spending Review 2020, what specific local support for early years services his Department will provide under the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	123668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need and for people who face labour market barriers. <br> <br> The Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms. Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds, on average reaching around £1.5 billion per year. The Government will publish further details on the UKSPF in a UK-wide investment framework in 2021 and its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review. <br> <br> To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, the Government will provide £220 million additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 15:19:41 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1256588

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands
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 timescale is for the conclusion of the Voluntary Right to Buy pilot for housing association tenants in the Midlands; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential for that scheme to be rolled out more widely after that pilot's conclusion.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	122924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The final sales under the Voluntary Right to Buy Midlands pilot are due to conclude in 2021, following some delays to sales caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The pilot is being fully evaluated, and the results of this evaluation will be published.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/12/2020 17:49:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1256240

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
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	Local Government: 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 estimates he made of the costs incurred by English local authorities in responding to the covid-19 outbreak when preparing the 2020 spending review.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we have worked closely with local authorities to understand the pressures they are facing. Local authorities have completed monitoring returns to assess the impact the pandemic is having on their finances which shows that the estimated additional expenditure up to the end of October 2020 is £4 billion. Based on this, we have allocated £7.2 billion directly to local authorities, with £4.6 billion of this being unringfenced money for authorities to spend how they see fit. <br> <br> Furthermore, at the Spending Review on 25 November, the Chancellor announced estimated funding of around £3 billion of additional support for Covid-19 pressures next year. The Chancellor also confirmed that Core Spending Power is forecast to rise by 4.5 per cent in cash terms in 2021-22 - a real terms increase. This package means local authorities will be able to access an estimated additional £2.2 billion to support Adult and Children’s Social Care and to maintain universal services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 15:09:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne