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1715713

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	Temporary Accommodation: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many children are currently homeless in temporary accommodation in England and Wales, and how these figures compare to 2010; what is the average length of time that homeless children spend in temporary accommodation; and what action they are taking in this regard.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The statutory homelessness statistics for England publish quarterly data from local authorities containing information on families in temporary accommodation at the end of each quarter. Data can be found at Statutory homelessness in England: October to December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Details of the length of time families with children are housed in temporary accommodation are published annually and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-financial-year-2022-23/statutory-homelessness-in-england-financial-year-2022-23" target="_blank">Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2022-23 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. In terms of the action the government is taking, I refer the Noble Lord to the response provided to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-19/14761" target="_blank">UIN 14761</a> on 26 February 2024.</p><p>Housing is devolved and quarterly statistics for Wales can be found on the Welsh Government’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL4342 - Statutory homelessness in England_ October to December 2023 - GOV.UK.pdf title Statutory homelessness in England 2 file name 14761 Written questions and answers.pdf title UIN 14761 question first answered 17/05/2024 13:41:01 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1715722

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	Local Government Services: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of core funding for delivering rural services; and what plans they have to create equitable funding between rural and urban councils.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stands behind councils up and down the country. Furthermore, we recognise the importance and difficulties of councils serving dispersed populations. That is why we have increased the value of the Rural Services Delivery Grant by over 15%, from £95 million to £110 million in 2024-25. This is the highest increase since 2018-19, and the second successive year of above-inflation increases.</p><p> </p><p>We last calculated the Settlement Funding Assessment in 2013/14. The Government is committed to reforming the local government funding landscape in the next Parliament to deliver simpler, fairer and longer settlements.</p><p> </p><p>The Rural Services Delivery Grant is allocated to local authorities ranking in the top-quartile of sparsely populated areas in England, using the Government’s ‘Super Sparsity’ measure. The methodology is unchanged from 2023-24 and any funding decisions beyond the 2024-25 financial year are a matter for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL4353 HL4354 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:22:02 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1715418

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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	Local Government: Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to support local authorities with cyber security and the rise in related threats.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL4273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has set out its approach to cyber resilience the Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS). Cabinet Office are the lead department for the implementation of the GCSS, local government are responsible for the resilience of their networks and systems, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is assigned stewardship of local government, with responsibility for cyber policy and assurance.</p><p><br> Since 2020, DLUHC has provided £19.9 million of grant funding and technical support to 192 English local authorities to improve their cyber maturity. In collaboration with the Local Government Association and the National Cyber Security Centre, DLUHC have been raising the awareness of cyber risk and fostering cyber-first cultures and practices in local government.</p><p> </p><p>To support councils to assess and improve their cyber security, DLUHC are introducing the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) for the English local government sector later this year, providing a clear cyber security standard and method for local authorities to assess their cyber health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 16/05/2024 15:23:43 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1715419

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
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	Levelling Up Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Project Adjustment Requests were received in respect of Levelling Up Fund applications; and how many of these requests have been approved.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL4274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Recognising the challenging economic backdrop environment, we continue to work with local areas to find practical solutions to project delivery issues. We are working with projects to make sensible adjustments to the scope and phasing of their Levelling Up Fund (LUF) projects where necessary to mitigate delivery challenges whilst maintaining value for money. To date the Levelling Up Fund has received 61 project adjustment requests – 37 have been approved, 1 has been rejected, 16 were withdrawn, and a further 7 are currently being considered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 16/05/2024 15:23:11 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1715045

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Proportional Representation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the performance of proportional representation as it has been deployed in electoral systems across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government was elected on a manifesto which included a commitment to continue to support use of the First Past the Post voting system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing representatives, that is well understood by voters, and provides for strong and clear local accountability. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and constituents in a manner that other voting systems may not.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not support nor has it assessed the use of proportional voting in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 15/05/2024 15:24:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1715049

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Housing: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to statistics from the 2021 Census which showed that the North East has the highest proportion of disabled people in England, what steps they are taking to ensure there is an adequate provision of accessible housing in the region.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Newcastle
uin	HL4230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including older people and people with disabilities, and reflect this in their local plan. As planning is a local responsibility, proportionate data about local housing needs and provision is not held centrally, although the English Housing Survey collects data on accessibility and adaptations within the home; the most recent adaptations report is published online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL4231 question first answered 15/05/2024 16:21:55 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4996 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Newcastle

1715050

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Housing: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of homes built in the North East of England in the past year are wheelchair accessible.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Newcastle
uin	HL4231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including older people and people with disabilities, and reflect this in their local plan. As planning is a local responsibility, proportionate data about local housing needs and provision is not held centrally, although the English Housing Survey collects data on accessibility and adaptations within the home; the most recent adaptations report is published online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL4230 question first answered 15/05/2024 16:21:55 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4996 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Newcastle

1713289

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to ensuring that building owners, whether freeholders, commonhold associations or enfranchised leaseholders, who are required to remedy non ‘life-critical fire safety defects’ have an automatic remedy against the person responsible for the defective construction.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL4030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Interested parties including freeholders, leaseholders, commonhold associations or enfranchised leaseholders can potentially look to pursue a previous freeholder, developer and any associated company or person for remediation costs through a remediation contribution order. They also have the potential to pursue developers, contractors, or manufacturers where they are liable for defects which meant one or more dwelling in the building was not fit for habitation when the relevant works were completed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/05/2024 16:20:44 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1713290

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Flats: Insulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which types of defect data they collect when assessing the prevalence of non-cladding defects in residential buildings.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL4031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department receives quarterly updates from Registered Providers of social housing on progress towards remediating buildings for which they are the Responsible Entity. This includes data on buildings with external and/or internal life-critical fire safety defects. In addition to unsafe cladding, relevant defects may include but are not limited to: compartmentation between dwellings or between dwellings and common parts; inadequate fire stopping or fire barriers; incorrect or missing fire escape signage; inadequate or defective fire detection and alarm systems; unprotected means of escape; and inadequate or defective firefighting equipment or installations.</p><p>The Department also receives quarterly updates from developers that have signed the developer remediation contract. This too includes data on buildings with external and/ or internal life-critical fire safety defects.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/05/2024 16:26:28 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1713310

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Local Government: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current backlog in local authority audits; and what plans they have to deliver all outstanding audit opinions by their proposed deadline of 30 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
uin	HL4051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the significant backlog of local audits in England is unacceptable. It is taking action to deal with this backlog and put the system on a sustainable footing. On 8 February DLUHC, with local audit system organisations, issued a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Faddressing-the-local-audit-backlog-in-england-consultation%2Flocal-audit-delays-joint-statement-on-update-to-proposals-to-clear-the-backlog-and-embed-timely-audit&amp;data=05|02|Will.Noble%40levellingup.gov.uk|5e3ccd18914a4b14340508dc6503a3e2|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638496313516218439|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|0|||&amp;sdata=QU9K5l1Eb1y2kxws975R%2FMRmhu8zGHFjSWy8j%2BRMxRo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Joint Statement</a> setting out a clear package of measures to meet these challenges, alongside the launch of DLUHC and National Audit Office consultations.</p><p>We proposed a statutory backstop date of 30 September 2024 for the publication of audited accounts for all years up to and including 2022/23. This will enable local authorities and firms to focus on the most recent accounts as quickly as possible. Five years of further backstop dates would allow assurance to be gradually rebuilt. The Government also recognises that important questions concerning systemic challenges must be addressed.</p><p>The Government is carefully reviewing consultation responses and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 01/05/2024 13:18:00 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Local audit delays_ Joint statement on update to proposals to clear the backlog and embed timely audit.pdf title Joint Statement
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley