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1179829

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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 Plans: South Oxfordshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they expect South Oxfordshire District Council to take to improve its local plan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL1708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>On 3 October 2019 South Oxfordshire District Council Cabinet recommended the withdrawal of the emerging South Oxfordshire local plan. On 9 October 2019 the Secretary of State directed South Oxfordshire District Council not to take any steps in connection with the adoption of the local plan, while he considers this matter. This direction remains in force.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 09/03/2020 16:56:19 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1179877

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Housing Improvement: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of assistance, excluding any assistance for disability access improvements, provided to the owners of homes in the form of (1) standard grants, (2) improvement grants, (3) intermediate grants, (4) renovation grants, and (5) similar grants, to renovate and improve older private sector housing; and what was the cost to the national exchequer for each year of the operation of those grants.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not provide funding to the owners of older, private housing stock for renovation and improvement work. However this Government has been clear that the Housing Market should be fair for everyone, which is why in January last year, the Government announced plans for a new Housing Complaints Resolution Service to help consumers more easily access help when things go wrong with their home.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 09/03/2020 16:57:23 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1180200

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Religious Hatred
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 3 February (HL727), what consideration they have given to requiring allegations of an offence of stirring up religious hatred to be supported by two witnesses, in order to restrict frivolous complaints.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL1822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>It is an operational matter for the police to determine whether and how to investigate all incidents reported to them. The Crown Prosecution Service will also apply the Code for Crown Prosecutors to ensure a prosecution will not proceed where a complaint is deemed to be frivolous. Decisions to prosecute are furthermore subject to consideration under the Freedom of Expression defence contained in Section 29J of the Public Order Act 1986.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 09/03/2020 16:56:51 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1178340

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government policies on tackling on homelessness since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	2025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping within this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. The Government is providing £437 million over 2020/21 to tackle homelessness, which marks a £69 million increase on last year’s funding.</p><p>On 27 February we released national figures from the Official 2019 Rough Sleeping Snapshot which shows that the number of people sleeping on our streets on a single night has fallen for the second time in eight years, down 9% from the previous year. In areas funded by the Rough Sleeping Initiative, the decrease is 12 per cent from the previous year. Additionally, the number of people estimated to be sleeping rough in London has decreased by 11 per cent from the previous year - the first time in six years.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act was introduced in 2018. Whilst in early stages, experimental data is indicating positive change. During this period, local authorities accepted a new prevention or relief duty to over 333,000 households. For the households where the prevention duty ended, 58 per cent had been helped to stay in their home or to secure alternative accommodation. For households actually homeless and owed the relief duty, 42 per cent had been helped to secure suitable accommodation. We are undertaking a review of the Act which will report back in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 15:50:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1178363

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	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 discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding to tackle rough sleeping in the next spending round.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	2028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in my department have regular discussions with counterparts in HM Treasury on a range of issues, including rough sleeping.</p><p>The Government has made clear that no one should be without a roof over their head, which is why we have committed to end rough sleeping within this Parliament and to fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.</p><p>In 2020/2021 we are providing £437 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This marks a £69 million increase in funding from the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 15:55:33 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1178469

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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 Government: Northamptonshire
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 much the lead commissioner for Northamptonshire has received in payments from Northamptonshire county council since May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	1859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The total fees paid to the Lead Commissioner by Northamptonshire County Council since May 2018 and up to the end of January 2020 are £177,200.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 15:53:48 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1178470

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Newton Europe
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 (a) number and (b) value of the contracts that Newton Europe has won to provide services for Northamptonshire county council since Mr Tony McArdle was appointed as commissioner; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	1860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Like all local authorities, Northamptonshire County Council is independent of central government and therefore this information is not held by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 15:53:30 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1178471

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Social Services: Northamptonshire
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 tenders were received for the contract put out on 9 December 2019 to transform adult care services in Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	1861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Northamptonshire County Council considered two tenders.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 15:53:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1178020

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	Social Services
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 assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to deliver their statutory duties for adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	1258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care lead the Government’s relationship with local authorities for adult social care, including understanding how they may be meeting their adult social care responsibilities. In recognition of the pressures councils are facing in the area of social care, the Government have given councils access to an additional £1.5 billion of funding for social care in 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 15:55:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1178740

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	Trading Standards: Labour Turnover
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 provides (a) financial and (b) other resources to local authorities to help them retain Trading Standards officers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	15089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities receive funding through the Local Government Finance Settlement, and this year’s settlement delivers a 4.4 per cent increase from £46.3 billion to £49.2 billion - the largest year on year real terms increase in a decade. Authorities have flexibility over the money they receive, enabling them to work with their residents to decide the best services and resources on which to spend their money, including Trading Standards officers.</p><p>Details of funding allocations provided by the Local Government Finance Settlement can be found on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 15090 question first answered 02/03/2020 15:54:42 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden