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971721

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Refuges: 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, with reference to the July 2018 report of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission entitled Pressing for Progress, if he will take steps to (a) address the national shortage of refuge space for women who are fleeing domestic violence and (b) ensure that women are not refused refuge because there is not sufficient room for their children.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	173543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely committed to protecting all victims of domestic abuse. I note the recommendations regarding tackling Domestic Violence, Abuse and Femicide in the July 2018 Equalities and Human Rights Commission report, Pressing for Progress.</p><p>Since 2014, my Department has invested £33.5 million in services to support victims of domestic abuse, including refuges. In addition on 2 July we launched an £18.8 million fund for domestic abuse services, including refuges. This fund, which closed to applications on 28 August, was open to all local authorities across England to bid for a share. We will announce successful projects in due course.</p><p>My Department is also carrying out a review of how domestic abuse services are commissioned and funded locally across England. The review is being informed by an independent audit, run by Ipsos MORI, of provision of domestic abuse services across England, which is enabling us to understand what impact services are having and identify any gaps. We are working closely with other Departments, organisations within sector and local authorities, to develop future, sustainable delivery options for domestic abuse services, including refuges.</p><p>We are considering the needs of children in the review, and we have been clear that we expect local authorities to conduct robust needs assessments to meet the needs of all victims when commissioning domestic abuse services, including those presenting with children.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 19/09/2018 10:27:01 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

971488

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Refuges: Females
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 Government funding has been allocated for women’s refuges in each year from 2015 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	172461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that nobody should have to suffer. The Government is committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse. In the 2015 Spending Review Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) secured £40 million for domestic abuse services, including refuges. From the £40 million, MHCLG has allocated the following amounts to local authorities through competitive funding rounds:</p><ul><li>£10 million across 2014-2016, including around £3 million in 2014-2015 and £7 million in 2015-2016, which helped 148 local authorities in England strengthen refuge provision for victims and offer support to women from outside their own area.</li><li>£3.5 million across 2015-2016 which supported 46 local authorities in England and their partners to deliver 710 new bed spaces in refuges and other types of safe accommodation for 3,798 victims of domestic abuse.</li><li>£20 million across 2016-2018, including around £3.5 million in 2016-2017 and £16.5 million in 2017-2018, which includes £1.1 million of top-up funding. The fund supported 80 projects across 258 local authorities in England, helping to create more than 2,000 bed spaces in refuges and other types of safe accommodation and giving support to over 19,000 victims and their families.</li></ul><p>On 2 July we launched a further £18.8 million fund for domestic abuse services, including refuge, to cover 2018-2020. The fund was open to all local authorities across England to bid for a share, and we will be announcing the successful projects in due course.</p><p>Additionally, since 2015 MHCLG have provided almost £889,000 to Women’s Aid for two projects, Routes to Support and No Woman Turned Away. Routes to Support (formerly UK Refuges Online) is part-funded by the Government and is a UK-wide online database containing information about domestic abuse and other violence against women services, including refuge. No Woman Turned Away provides additional caseworker support to women facing difficulties in accessing refuge. We are continuing to fund these vital projects in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/09/2018 14:58:49 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

969061

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Homelessness: Death
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 he plans to ensure that all investigations into deaths of homeless people involve an assessment of whether the death could have been prevented.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	171389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The death of any rough sleeper is a tragedy. That is why we said in the Rough Sleeping Strategy we are working to ensure that Safeguarding Adult Reviews are conducted when a person who sleeps rough dies or is seriously harmed as a result of abuse or neglect, whether known or suspected, and there is concern that partner agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult. We will consider how lessons learned from these reviews will inform improvements to local systems and services.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Strategy was published on 13 August 2018. This strategy sets out our long-term vision for how all parts of Government, both centrally and at the local level, will work together to ensure that no one has to sleep rough. This vision is based around three core pillars: prevent, intervene and recover – centred on a system of rapid rehousing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/09/2018 16:12:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

969182

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people who reach the point of rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	171444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why this Government has committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and ending it altogether by 2027.</p><p>In order to make an immediate impact, in March this year we announced the new Rough Sleeping Initiative which has allocated £30 million this year at 83 local authorities with high levels of rough sleeping. This is funding over 500 new dedicated homelessness workers and will provide an additional 1,750 bed spaces.</p><p>Last month the Government published the Rough Sleeping Strategy which, building on the work of the Rough Sleeping Initiative, sets out the initial plans to achieving the manifesto commitments. We have worked across Government, with the homelessness sector and local areas to set out our ambitious long-term vision for how both local and central government will work together, based around three core pillars: Prevention, Intervention and Recovery, with a focus on moving to a 'rapid rehousing' approach. The aims of the pillars are to prevent people from rough sleeping, intervene when individuals find themselves in this position and aid whatever recovery they need to help sustain suitable accommodation solutions.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Strategy details £100 million of investment over the next 2 years to tackle rough sleeping. Some of the main elements include an additional £45 million for the Rough Sleeping Initiative in 2019/20, up to £17 million in funding for Somewhere Safe to Stay pilots, up to £19 million to deliver a new supported lettings fund, £5 million to help local areas take action on migrants who are sleeping rough and £10 million funding for rough sleeping navigators.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/09/2018 15:29:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

967842

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	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, how many rough sleepers there were in each region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	170275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes annual statistics on rough sleeping. Rough sleeping counts and estimates are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas and are published at local authority level. The latest statistics for autumn 2017 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2017<br></a></p><p>This is the eighth annual statistical release presenting rough sleeping counts and estimates following the introduction of revised guidance in September 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/09/2018 15:28:13 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

967846

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	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 rough sleepers who have spent time in foster care.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	170277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>It is vital we ensure all young people, particularly those who have been in care, have the right support and skills to live independently in later life. In the recently announced Rough Sleeping strategy, the Government has committed to fund £3.2 million in 47 areas to employ specialist personal advisers to provide intensive support, appropriate to needs of the most at-risk care leavers.</p><p>The Government’s most recent annual rough sleeping statistics for England were published in autumn 2017 and can be found on the gov.uk website. Statistics for Wales are published by the Welsh Government and the annual rough sleeping snapshot for Wales, published on 1 February 2018, can be found on gov.wales. In addition, CHAIN, which records information about people sleeping rough in London, shows 580 people seen rough sleeping in 2017/18 had previous experience of living in care at some point in their lives.</p><p>In April 2018 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Governments introduced a new case-level data collection called H-CLIC (Homelessness Case Level Information Collection). This will give local authorities and Government more information regarding homelessness and those presenting as homeless, including those individuals who have been in care and who have slept rough.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 12/09/2018 14:27:05 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

963994

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	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, what steps his Department is taking to protect people who have fled domestic violence and are homeless.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	169782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime that nobody should have to suffer. Supporting victims of domestic abuse is an absolute priority for this Government. Councils have a legal duty to provide accommodation to families and others who are vulnerable as a result of fleeing domestic abuse. The Homelessness Reduction Act requires councils to take reasonable steps for all eligible households who are homeless, to help them secure accommodation. The Homelessness Code of Guidance also makes clear that local authorities should not limit their understanding of domestic abuse to physical violence alone, and that in all cases involving domestic abuse, the safety of the victim is paramount.</p><p>We are overhauling the statutory homelessness data collection alongside the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act. This will give us better insights into the causes of homelessness and the support people needs of people who approach their local authority for homelessness assistance, including people fleeing domestic violence.</p><p>We are also continuing to support the Women’s Aid Routes to Support and No Woman Turned Away projects, having already provided almost £889,000 between 2015 and 2018 for these projects. Routes to Support (formerly UK Refuges online) is part-funded by the Government and is a UK-wide online database containing information about domestic abuse and other violence against women services. No Woman Turned Away provides caseworker support to women facing difficulties in accessing refuge, including those at risk of or who have been sleeping rough or experiencing homelessness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/09/2018 15:27:14 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

964157

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Homelessness and Temporary Accommodation: Children
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 the Government has made of the number of children that are (a) homeless and (b) temporarily housed in Bed and Breakfast accommodation in (a) the Wirral, (b) Liverpool City Region, and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief. The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/09/2018 15:20:55 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964158

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 First: Liverpool City Region
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 progress his Department is making on the roll-out of the Housing First pilot in the Liverpool city region.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Liverpool City Region has received £1.16 million this year to implement Housing First, and has been allocated £7.7 million in total over three years.</p><p>The Department is working closely, through the recently established Rough Sleeping Initiative, with the combined authority and its newly established project team, who will lead the implementation of the pilot in the region. The aim of this close working will be to establish an ambitious model of support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/09/2018 15:21:29 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964307

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 progress has been made on the development of a localised funding system for housing-related costs for people in supported housing who are entitled to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	168971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>We announced on 9 August that we will be maintaining Housing Benefit for all supported housing. Alongside this, the Government will be introducing a new oversight mechanism to ensure quality of provision and value for money across this vital sector. We have also published the Government’s response to the October 2017 consultations on funding for supported housing which is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-for-supported-housing-two-consultations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-for-supported-housing-two-consultations</a></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 06/09/2018 14:46:26 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe