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823616

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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: 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, what the evidential basis was for the Government's proposals for a different funding mechanism for short-term supported housing compared with long-term supported housing.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	123076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold figures for the number in short-term versus long-term supported housing.</p><p>The short-term model was designed to ensure that funding for short-term supported accommodation is compatible with the modernised welfare system. We have not changed the funding model for long-term supported housing, which remains in the welfare system.</p><p>It reduces administrative burdens for providers in managing claims for housing costs and collecting rent. It also frees residents from concerns about meeting housing costs at a difficult point in their lives.</p><p>This model was designed with input from a range of stakeholders and providers through task and finish groups, the 2016 consultation on supported housing and taking account of the joint Communities and Local Government and Work and Pensions Select Committee report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/01/2018 11:35:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

821528

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 Pension Scheme: Pay
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 publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme pool.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The pay and benefits of directors of the pool operating companies established to manage local government pension scheme assets are a matter for the participating funds as shareholders. However the Government expects that publicly-owned pool operating companies will provide full disclosure of directors’ remuneration in their annual reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:58:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

823000

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 Benefit: Refuges
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 discussions he has had with officials regarding future payments of housing benefit to women's refuges.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	122683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>My predecessor, Marcus Jones MP, held discussions with officials in his own department (Communities and Local Government) and with officials at the Department for Work and Pensions. He also held meetings with providers of refuge accommodation.</p><p>Under the short-term supported accommodation model, an individual’s entitlement to Housing Benefit remains unchanged, rather we are removing their liability to pay rent at a vulnerable point in their lives.</p><p>We are undertaking a review of how domestic abuse services, are provided across England. The review will cover funding for refuges, including critical care and support costs, and will be completed by summer 2018.</p><p>I look forward to continuing this engagement and to working with the sector.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2018 17:54:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler previous answer version 35210 answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

823093

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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
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 people were in (a) short-term and (b) long-term supported housing on the most recent date for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	122776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold figures for the number in short-term versus long-term supported housing.</p><p>The short-term model was designed to ensure that funding for short-term supported accommodation is compatible with the modernised welfare system. We have not changed the funding model for long-term supported housing, which remains in the welfare system.</p><p>It reduces administrative burdens for providers in managing claims for housing costs and collecting rent. It also frees residents from concerns about meeting housing costs at a difficult point in their lives.</p><p>This model was designed with input from a range of stakeholders and providers through task and finish groups, the 2016 consultation on supported housing and taking account of the joint Communities and Local Government and Work and Pensions Select Committee report.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2018 17:55:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

823095

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he has proposed the introduction of different systems to fund short-term and long-term supported housing.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	122778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold figures for the number in short-term versus long-term supported housing.</p><p>The short-term model was designed to ensure that funding for short-term supported accommodation is compatible with the modernised welfare system. We have not changed the funding model for long-term supported housing, which remains in the welfare system.</p><p>It reduces administrative burdens for providers in managing claims for housing costs and collecting rent. It also frees residents from concerns about meeting housing costs at a difficult point in their lives.</p><p>This model was designed with input from a range of stakeholders and providers through task and finish groups, the 2016 consultation on supported housing and taking account of the joint Communities and Local Government and Work and Pensions Select Committee report.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/01/2018 17:55:34 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

821471

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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	Mayors
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 the effectiveness of the metro-mayor system from 2010 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	122389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The six city region mayors were elected for the first time in May 2017, and are already having a visible impact in their local areas, as well as on the national debate. Government is committed to understanding the impact that devolution is having across the country and a series of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms have been developed. These include an independent national expert evaluation panel to carry out consistent analysis of all projects funded through gain share investment funds, as well as local monitoring and evaluation plans.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 18/01/2018 17:20:41 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

821508

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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	Children in Care
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on outcomes for looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	122426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government has high ambitions for looked after children and care leavers.</p><p>The forthcoming corporate parenting provisions in the Children and Social Work Act will ensure high quality care and support for these vulnerable young people.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 18:16:49 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 34923 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

821511

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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	Social Services: 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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adult social care is adequately funded.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	122429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government provided an additional £2 billion at the 2017 Spring Budget for adult social care, of which £1 billion was provided in 2017-18. This meant that by the start of this financial year, the Government had given councils access to £9.25 billion additional funding for adult social care over the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 17:04:24 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

821514

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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 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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the local government finance settlement on the ability of local authorities to meet their statutory responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	122432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government periodically assesses resourcing requirements for local government as part of each spending review, ensuring a sustainable basis for local authorities to discharge their functions.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:55:36 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

821525

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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 Pension 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, when he plans to publish the evidence used to calculate the minimum threshold for pooling assets under the local government pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government 's expectations for the minimum threshold for the pooling assets under the local government pension scheme, and a summary of the evidence taken into account when setting that threshold, are set out in the 'Local Government Pension Scheme: Investment reform criteria and guidance' (November 2015).</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:59:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd