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1317098

registered interest
date	21/05/2021
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	Parking: Private Sector
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 his Department has plans to encourage private companies that levy car parking charges to introduce clearer signage for the public on the charges and potential consequences of parking in private car parks.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	5219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>My department is leading on the implementation of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, which includes creation of an independent Code of Practice for private parking companies to improve standards.</p><p>MHCLG is developing the Code of Practice through the British Standards Institution (BSI) in close consultation with key stakeholders, including landowners, consumer organisations, and the private parking industry, who are advising on its impact. The draft Code, which is available online at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstandardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com%2Fprojects%2F2020-00193&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca2a0204852e34133c00c08d924df3cf5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637581363473074510%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=bait8IhMX4KGzLgjIudX6vZk9S1AjaePkQ4jmknX9lw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/projects/2020-00193</a> and on which the BSI recently publicly consulted, includes a requirement for a clear signage, surface markings, and clear and accessible displays of terms and conditions, as well as appropriate terminology used in operator notices or by debt recovery agents.</p><p>In parallel to the BSI consultation on the Code, my department consulted on the Parking Code of Practice Enforcement Framework and on 20 March 2021 published the response to the consultation, available online at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fparking-code-enforcement-framework&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca2a0204852e34133c00c08d924df3cf5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637581363473084459%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=QLqVF%2FiRg2LmiI%2BsdMsnSfK6Cz75nvSdgfKBAN5KIR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/parking-code-enforcement-framework</a></p><p>The consultation response announced our intention to develop a series of fairer parking measures which will benefit motorists and encourage people to return to high streets and town centres. This includes the creation of a single independent appeals service for motorists to turn to if they receive a private parking charge and an Appeals Charter, which will protect motorists from charges that are unfair or issued in error.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 5220 question first answered 01/06/2021 10:49:24 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1317099

registered interest
date	21/05/2021
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the practice of car parking companies (a) sending letters threatening legal action and (b) passing details to debt collection agencies in cases of unpaid parking charges.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	5220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>My department is leading on the implementation of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, which includes creation of an independent Code of Practice for private parking companies to improve standards.</p><p>MHCLG is developing the Code of Practice through the British Standards Institution (BSI) in close consultation with key stakeholders, including landowners, consumer organisations, and the private parking industry, who are advising on its impact. The draft Code, which is available online at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstandardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com%2Fprojects%2F2020-00193&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca2a0204852e34133c00c08d924df3cf5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637581363473074510%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=bait8IhMX4KGzLgjIudX6vZk9S1AjaePkQ4jmknX9lw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/projects/2020-00193</a> and on which the BSI recently publicly consulted, includes a requirement for a clear signage, surface markings, and clear and accessible displays of terms and conditions, as well as appropriate terminology used in operator notices or by debt recovery agents.</p><p>In parallel to the BSI consultation on the Code, my department consulted on the Parking Code of Practice Enforcement Framework and on 20 March 2021 published the response to the consultation, available online at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fparking-code-enforcement-framework&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca2a0204852e34133c00c08d924df3cf5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637581363473084459%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=QLqVF%2FiRg2LmiI%2BsdMsnSfK6Cz75nvSdgfKBAN5KIR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/parking-code-enforcement-framework</a></p><p>The consultation response announced our intention to develop a series of fairer parking measures which will benefit motorists and encourage people to return to high streets and town centres. This includes the creation of a single independent appeals service for motorists to turn to if they receive a private parking charge and an Appeals Charter, which will protect motorists from charges that are unfair or issued in error.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 5219 question first answered 01/06/2021 10:49:24 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1191686

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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 Resilience Forums: Coronavirus
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 has taken to ensure the adequate provision of (a) local resilience forums and (b) local authority services for (i) shielded and (i) non-shielded vulnerable individuals as part of its response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>To support those who have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus, we are working with local authorities, the food industry, local resilience and emergency partners, and voluntary groups to ensure these individuals have both support and access to essential items such as groceries and medicines through deliveries and priority supermarket delivery slots, if they do not have alternative means of accessing these.</p><p>We are sharing data with local authorities on deliveries, including on planned deliveries in their area; where individuals have unmet basic care needs; or where individuals require assistance lifting food into their homes. Guidance has been issued to local authorities, most recently on 24 April.</p><p>The Government is also supporting local authorities to identify and support vulnerable people who fall outside the shielding programme. We have enabled local authorities to use NHS volunteers who registered with the GoodSam app. The system is also now open for self-referrals. The Government and local authorities are also working with supermarkets so they can offer priority delivery slots to non-shielded vulnerable people.</p><p>In addition, we have provided over £3.2 billion for local councils to manage the immediate impacts of coronavirus.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/05/2020 16:40:30 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1191690

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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 Resilience Forums: Coronavirus
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 has taken to ensure that (a) local resilience forums and (b) local authorities work with the local voluntary and community sector to provide coordinated support to people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>My Department continues to work closely with and local agencies, including the local voluntary and community sector (VCS), to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The local voluntary and community sector, and volunteers, are essential partners for many local support services – both in ‘normal’ times and even more so in the COVID-19 response.</p><p>Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) and local authorities have well established structures in place to work with the voluntary and community sector and, in response to COVID-19, are working alongside VCS partners and are coordinating volunteer support. This includes volunteer hubs or centres in some areas.</p><p>To support local engagement of the VCS, Government has provided support and guidance on partnership working, as well as announcing a £750 million support package to assist VCS organisations. The NHS Volunteer Responders are also open to referrals from local authorities and LRFs.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 11/05/2020 16:57:31 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1015370

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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: Veterans
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 estimate he has made of the number of veterans who are homeless in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk Constituency.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government collects quarterly and annual statistics on how many people make homelessness applications to local authorities in England. This information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p>Details on homelessness in Scotland can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables" target="_blank">https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables</a>.</p><p>Current data tools do not allow for an estimate of the number of veterans who are homeless. However, in April 2018 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government introduced a new, case-level data collection called H-CLIC (Homelessness Case Level Information Collection), from which the first tranche of data will be released in due course. This will give local authorities and Government more information regarding homelessness and those presenting as homeless, including if they are a previous member of the armed forces and have support needs.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/12/2018 14:16:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

793896

registered interest
date	22/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the conclusions of the Tell MAMA Annual Report for 2016 on Anti-Muslim Hatred on the gender of victims and the majority identity of perpetrators of such hatred.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We take hate crime in all its forms very seriously: the United Kingdom has some of the strongest hate crime legislation in the world. The statistical breakdowns provided by Tell MAMA give an invaluable insight into the extent and nature of the deplorable abuse which Muslim citizens are subjected to on account of their belief or appearance. It is notable that most reported offline incidents of anti-Muslim hatred involve male perpetrators and that the majority of victims of offline incidents are women, most of whom are visibly Muslim. The Government has committed funding of £100 million to counter violence against women and girls with prosecutions and convictions for such offences rising 63 per cent since 2007-08.</p><p>This Government has done more than any other to tackle anti-Muslim hatred. We set up the first ever cross-government working group on anti-Muslim hatred. We have funded Tell MAMA, the first service to record incidents, support victims and raise community awareness of how to report anti-Muslim hate incidents. We are also disaggregating religious hate crime data held by the police to reveal the true scale and nature of the problem. Funding has been made available for the security of mosques and other faith establishments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/12/2017 17:34:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

792795

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Tell MAMA Annual Report for 2016 on Anti-Muslim Hatred; and what steps his Department plans to take to address the increase in the proportion of directly abusive and violent anti-Muslim incidents.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>We take hate crime in all its forms very seriously that is why the United Kingdom has some of the strongest hate crime legislation in the world. The increase in hate crime reported to Tell Mama in part reflects a greater encouragement and confidence around reporting as well as an increasing number of data sharing agreements with police forces.</p><p>Nevertheless, it is deplorable that any Muslim citizens should be subjected to abuse on account of their belief or appearance.</p><p>My Department works with Muslim communities through our anti-Muslim-hatred working group to address the problem of hate crime and to encourage greater reporting.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/11/2017 17:25:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

779920

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on his Department's priorities after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	901482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Our exit from the EU is a time to look ahead with optimism – an opportunity to improve the delivery of investment and local growth across England. I am working with my colleagues across Government to make a resounding success of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 30/10/2017 17:44:41 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

747688

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of manual processing on paper that it carries out and to make such processing digital.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	2590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government continues to encourage more people to go online, so they can access the guidance and services they need – as well as reducing the cost of public services. The department has continued to reduce its paper consumption. This has been achieved through better print facilities and a continuing programme of IT improvements which are helping to decrease our reliance on paper.</p><p>The department seeks to digitise wherever possible and actively works with partners across government to adhere to best practice in its media and external communications and forms.</p><p>Details of the department’s performance in reducing its paper consumption were published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report – April 2015 to March 2016 on 20 April 2017.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greening-government-commitments-2015-to-2016-annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greening-government-commitments-2015-to-2016-annual-report</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/07/2017 12:46:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732623

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to update the Local Government Redundancy Modification Order; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>DCLG administers the Local Government Redundancy Modification Order on behalf of the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales.</p><p>The Redundancy Modification Order remains under review. My officials will update relevant organisations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/06/2017 15:38:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day