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760650

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
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 ensure that local housing authorities make homeless families aware that they are (a) entitled to compensation if they are unlawfully placed in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than six weeks and (b) able to escalate a formal complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman in the event that such financial redress is not offered in compensation.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105185 105243 105326 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

760651

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
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 take steps to ensure that the Local Government Ombudsman publishes details of compensation award guidance in cases where homeless families are unlawfully placed in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105186 105243 105326 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

760653

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the intended start time for the six-week period specified in the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation)(England) Order 2003 (No.3326) in respect of the date on which (a) a homeless family accepts a placement in bed and breakfast and (b) that family moves into that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105185 105186 105326 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

760827

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 September 2016 to Question 45358, on the Government's response to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the recommendation that it should strictly implement that homeless families should spend no longer than six weeks in bed and breakfast accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105185 105186 105243 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

760828

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Homelessness
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 publish the criteria to be used for the allocation of the £61 million New Burdens fund available to local authorities to implement the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preventing and tackling homelessness, and no one should ever have to spend a night on the streets.</p><p>I confirmed in January 2017 that the Government would fund the Homelessness Reduction Act in line with the longstanding 'new burdens' arrangement and provide £61 million to local authorities to meet the new burdens cost of the Act.</p><p>The distribution formula is being finalised following consultation with local authorities from across the country, and we plan to announce allocations in the autumn and make the first payments in winter 2017/2018.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/10/2017 10:10:22 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

755651

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will require the Building and Research Establishment to (a) report measurement of smoke development and smoke toxicity from the recent post-Grenfell Tower tests it has conducted and (b) publish all past test information results it holds.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	7423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Smoke development and smoke toxicity is not a feature of either the screening or large-scale tests conducted for DCLG, so was not measured.</p><p>Following a request from DCLG, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) agreed to contact customers for whom they had carried out large-scale testing previously. If a customer gives permission, the BRE provides summary details of the test on their website (<a href="http://www.bre.co.uk/regulatory-testing" target="_blank">www.bre.co.uk/regulatory-testing</a>).</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/09/2017 16:58:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

752872

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3059, how many health and safety assessments on cladding and external wall insulation systems have been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive on buildings over 18 metres high in the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	5348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive has not undertaken any health and safety assessments on cladding and external wall insulation systems on buildings over 18 metres high in the last four years.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/07/2017 14:49:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

750807

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Building Regulations: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to commence the review of Approved Document B.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Work to simplify the guidance was being progressed. Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, we will need to consider the position on guidance further alongside the Prime Minister's commitment to look at wider issues, and in the light of the terms of reference for the public inquiry when published.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2017 16:48:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

748604

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Insulation: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regulations set out the safety requirements for cladding and external wall insulation systems; when those requirements were last reviewed; and who last reviewed those requirements.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	3108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>A number of parts of the Building Regulations are relevant - particularly those relating to structural safety, fire safety, resistance to moisture and conservation of fuel and power. The Building Regulations are kept under review, and the Prime Minister has made clear that we need to look at wider issues in the light of the Grenfell Tower fire.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:52:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick