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1136636

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	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 assessment his Department has made of the level of central Government funding required to enable local authorities to assist in meeting the Government’s target of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	272720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <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, committing to end rough sleeping for good, with the aim of halving it by 2022. The strategy 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.</p><p>The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces, in addition to the £30 million allocated last year to those areas with the highest numbers of rough sleepers through the same initiative.</p><p>The Chancellor has said that there will be a Spending Review this year, and the Government will be looking at long term funding for homelessness and rough sleeping services as part of that. Ministers have made very clear that homelessness and rough sleeping is a key priority for the Government. We are working with other Government departments to assess what more can be done to combat rough sleeping and wider homelessness. This work is being overseen by the Ministerial Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce which includes HM Treasury and will play an important part of our preparations for the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/07/2019 14:27:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1136966

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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
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 steps his Department has taken to reduce homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	273503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we have made a manifesto commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it altogether by 2027, placing a priority on preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>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>Ahead of the Rough Sleeping Strategy we announced a new Rough Sleeping Initiative in order to have an immediate impact on reducing the levels of rough sleeping.</p><p>The measures within the initiative include:</p><ul><li><p>a cross-government, multi-disciplinary new Rough Sleeping Team;</p></li><li><p>a £30 million fund for 2018-19 for local authorities with high number of people sleeping rough;</p></li><li><p>a further £45 million fund for 2019-20 to help tackle rough sleeping.</p></li></ul><p>In its first year, our Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff. This year we have expanded the RSI with investment of £46 million for 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 2,600 bed spaces and 750 staff.</p><p>In April 2018 the Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious legislative reform on this issue in decades, came into force. The Act transforms the culture of homelessness service delivery. It placed new duties on local housing authorities to take reasonable steps to try to prevent and relieve a person’s homelessness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/07/2019 12:42:51 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1136512

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning 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 19 June to Question 263698, whether Big Ideas is contractually required to ensure the impartiality of its public engagement work on the proposed use of Victoria Tower Gardens for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	272745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Big Ideas Community Interest Company is contracted via a standard MHCLG grant funding agreement and have always acted in an open and transparent way when it comes to their public engagement work on the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/07/2019 12:41:41 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1136558

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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: Young People
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 reduce the number of homeless people under the age of 25.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	272934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. That is why we introduced the Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, on 3 of April 2018. The Act included changes to ensure that there is better support for young people, families and care leavers by ensuring that there are more opportunities to prevent or relieve homelessness.</p><p>In addition to this, we published a cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, which set out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now and put in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. As part of the Strategy, my Department committed to developing the Young Future’s Fund - a social impact bond programme aimed at supporting vulnerable young people who are homeless or sleeping rough. This will build on the success of the Fair Chance Fund (2015-2017), which supported over 1,900 homeless young people to improve their accommodation, employment and education outcomes.</p><p>We have also put in place bespoke support for local authorities through our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, the team includes dedicated youth homelessness adviser roles which have a commitment to work with local authorities to proactively promote positive joint working across housing authorities and offering training, advice and support to all local authorities.</p><p>The Government is committed to building upon this work and to continue to bring down the number of young people without a home. The Government is committed to building on recent success of bringing down the number of homelessness acceptances for 16-17 year-olds.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/07/2019 12:45:19 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1135195

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Vagrancy Act 1824: Wales
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 Welsh Government on repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	270394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no-one should be criminalised simply for having nowhere to live and sleeping rough. The cross-Government Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, committed to reviewing homelessness and rough sleeping legislation, including the Vagrancy Act 1824. The Government believes that review of the 1824 Act, rather than immediate wholesale repeal, is the right course of action to ensure the consequences of repeal are fully understood. MHCLG will report no later than March 2020.</p><p>At the heart of the review will be the experiences and perceptions of a range of relevant stakeholders including the homelessness sector, the police, local authorities, business representatives, community groups and individuals with lived experience. As part of the review officials intend to consult the Welsh Government.</p><p>The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/07/2019 12:00:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1135248

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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: Domestic Abuse
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 ensure that survivors of domestic abuse who become homeless as a result of that abuse are given priority for settled accommodation and are not subject to the vulnerability test.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	270235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping and has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act, is the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades. It came into force in April 2018 and transforms the culture of homelessness service delivery. For the first time, local authorities, public services, and the third sector will work together to actively prevent homelessness for people at risk, irrespective of whether they are a family or single person, what has put them at risk, or if they have a local connection to the area.</p><p>Although our data is still experimental the indications are that people who do not have priority need are being assisted by local authorities to prevent or relieve their homelessness. During the first 3 quarters for which we have published data 189,760 households have had a duty to prevent or relieve homelessness accepted, and only 6,020 households have been issued with a 'non priority homeless' decision. Our data indicates that less than 10 per cent of all applicants are homeless due to Domestic Abuse, and local authorities will be more inclined to provide accommodation to victims of abuse than others where there are competing demands for accommodation that is available to single people. People who are found to have no priority need are still entitled to assistance to relieve their homelessness.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act is still very new and we expect outcomes to improve as the new duties are better understood. It is also important to understand that local authorities are adjusting to new reporting requirements that affect data quality, which is why MHCLG published data is experimental.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 02/07/2019 15:02:29 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1135351

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning 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 19 June to Question 263696, what proportion of the engagement meetings organised or participated in by Big Ideas under that organisation's contract for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre have been held (a) in the City of Westminster, (b) in Greater London other than the City of Westminster and (c) outside Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	270260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Big Ideas Community Interest Company have reached out to a range of community organisations across Westminster, Greater London and nationally. They have held meetings with those groups who expressed an interest in learning more about the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre either through direct engagement or hosting information in their newsletters. A list of direct engagements is below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Centre - Mother and Toddler Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Board of Deputies of British Jews Board Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton Library - Foyer Space</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Centre - Homework Club</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Evangelical Church - Sunday Service and Community Lunch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Coat Hospital School - Y11 and Sixth Form Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Coat Hospital School - Year 9 Class</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holocaust Survivors' Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kinder Lunch - Alyth Gardens Synagogue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Holocaust Centre, Nottingham - AJR Members</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open Age Westminster (Churchill Hub) - Coffee Morning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remembering and Rethinking - Kindertransport Conference - Lancaster House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thamesbank Centre - ETAT Group (Encouragement Through the Arts and Talking)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thamesbank Centre - Mothers and Toddlers Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Abbey Centre - The Wash House Cafe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Together Plan - Memories of the Minsk Ghetto</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Synagogue - Annual Women's Dinner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiener Library - Heroes of the Holocaust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiener Library - Panel discussion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>William Gibbs Community Centre - Coffee Morning</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 270261 270262 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:33:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1135352

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning 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 19 June to Question 263698, how many (a) schools, (b) mother and toddler groups, (c) housing associations and (d) Westminster community groups Big Ideas has (i) organised or participated in meetings with and (ii) engaged with in other ways on the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	270261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Big Ideas Community Interest Company have reached out to a range of community organisations across Westminster, Greater London and nationally. They have held meetings with those groups who expressed an interest in learning more about the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre either through direct engagement or hosting information in their newsletters. A list of direct engagements is below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Centre - Mother and Toddler Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Board of Deputies of British Jews Board Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton Library - Foyer Space</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Centre - Homework Club</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Evangelical Church - Sunday Service and Community Lunch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Coat Hospital School - Y11 and Sixth Form Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Coat Hospital School - Year 9 Class</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holocaust Survivors' Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kinder Lunch - Alyth Gardens Synagogue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Holocaust Centre, Nottingham - AJR Members</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open Age Westminster (Churchill Hub) - Coffee Morning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remembering and Rethinking - Kindertransport Conference - Lancaster House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thamesbank Centre - ETAT Group (Encouragement Through the Arts and Talking)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thamesbank Centre - Mothers and Toddlers Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Abbey Centre - The Wash House Cafe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Together Plan - Memories of the Minsk Ghetto</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Synagogue - Annual Women's Dinner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiener Library - Heroes of the Holocaust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiener Library - Panel discussion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>William Gibbs Community Centre - Coffee Morning</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 270260 270262 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:33:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1135353

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning 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 19 June to Questions 263696, how many (a) Jewish and (b) other faith groups Big Ideas has (i) organised or participated in meetings with and (ii) engaged with in other ways on the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	270262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Big Ideas Community Interest Company have reached out to a range of community organisations across Westminster, Greater London and nationally. They have held meetings with those groups who expressed an interest in learning more about the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre either through direct engagement or hosting information in their newsletters. A list of direct engagements is below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Centre - Mother and Toddler Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Board of Deputies of British Jews Board Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton Library - Foyer Space</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Centre - Homework Club</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Evangelical Church - Sunday Service and Community Lunch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Coat Hospital School - Y11 and Sixth Form Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grey Coat Hospital School - Year 9 Class</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holocaust Survivors' Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kinder Lunch - Alyth Gardens Synagogue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Holocaust Centre, Nottingham - AJR Members</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open Age Westminster (Churchill Hub) - Coffee Morning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remembering and Rethinking - Kindertransport Conference - Lancaster House</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thamesbank Centre - ETAT Group (Encouragement Through the Arts and Talking)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thamesbank Centre - Mothers and Toddlers Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Abbey Centre - The Wash House Cafe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Together Plan - Memories of the Minsk Ghetto</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Synagogue - Annual Women's Dinner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiener Library - Heroes of the Holocaust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiener Library - Panel discussion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>William Gibbs Community Centre - Coffee Morning</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 270260 270261 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:33:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1135354

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning 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 19 June to Question 263698, for what reasons the Government’s contract with Big Ideas on the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre does not specify engagement with existing users of Victoria Tower Gardens.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	270263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The work of the Big Ideas Community Interest Company aims to engage local people whether or not they use Victoria Tower Gardens.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/07/2019 15:26:46 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh