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1696264

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Women's Aid entitled Domestic Abuse Report 2024, The Annual Audit, published in February 2024; and whether his Department is taking steps to increase funding for the specialist domestic abuse sector.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role of local domestic abuse organisations in supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse, as highlighted by the Women’s Aid 2024 Annual Report.</p><p>The Government is committed to the delivery of safe accommodation with support for victims of domestic abuse and their children who need to flee their homes and has placed a duty on councils to provide safe accommodation services to victims under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p><p>Since 2021, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has committed over £507 million, including £129.7 million in 2024/25, to councils across England to fund this duty. Funding from April 2025 will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p><p>I work closely with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, the Local Government Association, and the domestic abuse sector, including Women’s Aid, through a National Expert Steering Group on safe accommodation to ensure that councils have the support they need to deliver their duty requirements. DLUHC is also working closely with Women’s Aid, the specialist ‘by and for’ sector and local authorities to explore ways to improve the commissioning of 'by and for' services.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 22/03/2024 13:10:03 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1695258

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Supported Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on publishing national supported housing standards under the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve standards in supported housing, which is why – thanks to my Hon Friend the Member for Harrow East - the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 provides for National Supported Housing Standards, which will be enforced through a licensing regime across all local authorities in England. In developing these standards, my department is engaging extensively including with residents of supported housing and people with lived experience. The Government will be consulting formally on the proposed National Supported Housing Standards in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 19/03/2024 16:19:50 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1695073

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Supported Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to section 1 of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023, what progress his Department has made on establishing the Supported Housing Advisory Panel.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is establishing The Supported Housing Advisory Panel in accordance with the duty set out in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. The primary focus of the Panel will be delivering better outcomes for people, and a fairer, more just approach to supported housing for the most vulnerable, as the measures in the Act are developed and implemented.</p><p>We will be recruiting the members through open competition and the advert will be open shortly.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 18/03/2024 15:29:39 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1695120

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Burnley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what (a) funding and (b) other support his Department has provided to Burnley Borough Council to tackle (i) homelessness and (ii) rough sleeping since December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is supporting local authorities to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping through, for example, the Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) and the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI). Allocations of Government funding are published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p>DLUHC’s dedicated team of homelessness and rough sleeping advisers also work regularly with local authorities to provide expert support in tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in their area.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 18/03/2024 13:22:55 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1694292

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Business: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his plans are for determining the membership of the east-west business council.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>Since the Council was announced in the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, UK Government officials have been engaging with The Executive Office to establish the first meeting of the Council. The Secretary of State will be setting out further details about the Council soon.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 18/03/2024 15:28:31 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1693797

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) organisations working with people experiencing homelessness on the Criminal Justice Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 11/03/2024 15:35:07 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1693798

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent homelessness upon discharge from a public institution.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In September 2022, we published our cross-government strategy ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ setting out how we are investing almost £2.4 billion over three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This sets out a ‘prevention first approach’, including bringing forward investment so that nobody leaves a public institution for the streets, whether that is a hospital, prison, care or the asylum system.</p><p>Homelessness and hospital discharge guidance was jointly published by DHSC and DLUHC on 26 January 2024 for staff in care transfer hubs and others involved in planning discharge of patients (including NHS, local authority, housing and other partners). The guidance is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdischarging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cb872e889d25845b6786f08dc41afa02e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638457469753431881%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EmLjBHnV1C%2FdT%2BQuAAw%2FxQfPTe1211aD1cOgVCClagU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 11/03/2024 15:37:01 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1693799

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: Abuse and Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to prevent violence and abuse targeted at people experiencing rough sleeping.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The streets can never be a place of safety for people sleeping rough and accommodation provides the safety and security needed for individuals to engage positively with support services. That is why the Government published the strategy <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fending-rough-sleeping-for-good&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1a8302d05615417bac7d08dc41af142e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638457467409797998%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=38pOP0WDZ4kY7lYyVuVKi5fDtCoi8imI5IePNOmMgU0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Ending rough sleeping for good</a> in September 2022 and is investing almost £2.4 billion from 2022 to 2025 to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 11/03/2024 15:38:04 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1693374

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many veterans reported as homeless in (a) January and (b) February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-23/15404" target="_blank">15404</a> on 1 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 07/03/2024 14:54:25 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1693456

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of domestic abuse services in the UK in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Support for domestic abuse services is a devolved matter, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) holds data relating to England.</p><p>On 1<em>st</em> May 2023, according to Women’s Aid, throughout England, there were 236 domestic abuse service providers delivering a range of local services. Some providers deliver multiple services. The table below shows total number of domestic providers since 2018:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Total number of domestic abuse service providers in England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since 2021 £507 million has been allocated to support local authorities across England to delivery their statutory duty under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 to ensure that all victims, including children, have access to support within safe accommodation when they need it.</p><p>DLUHC has allocated over £4.2 million of funding to Warwickshire County Council to support domestic abuse victims in safe accommodation since 2021.</p><p>Further funding has been provided by the Ministry of Justice to Police and Crime Commissioners with £38 million of funding ring-fenced for Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisors across England.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 16873 16876 question first answered 12/03/2024 16:34:25 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western