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1693529

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date	04/03/2024
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	Social Rented Housing: Darlington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) existing supply and (b) future provision of social housing in Darlington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Data on social housing supply is not available at constituency level. New delivery of affordable housing by local authority, including Darlington, is available in Live Table 1008C available here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=05|02|Gareth.Phipps-Williams@levellingup.gov.uk|9b293cad39784783961308dc3d026596|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638452327727080942|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=022d7X8raqXdJ5k6mPgkMrWxuFVQ35HKWj2nxeGt9uI=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Live tables on affordable housing supply</a>.</p><p>Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country.</p><p>Between 2010 and 2023 over 1,500 affordable homes have been delivered in in the Darlington local authority.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 12/03/2024 16:11:03 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693530

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Darlington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided through the holiday activities and food programme to projects in Darlington in each year since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The department has invested more than £200 million a year in our holiday, activities and food (HAF) programme since 2021. Since 2022, the HAF programme has provided 10.7 million HAF days to children and young people in this country. The expansion of the programme year-on-year has meant a total of 5.4 million HAF days provided between Christmas 2022, Easter and summer 2023.</p><p>For the 2021 programme, Darlington were allocated £519,040 in total, which included £49,090 paid to them in the 2020/21 financial year to help with start-up costs, and a further £469,050 was allocated to them during the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>For the 2022 programme, the department allocated £466,240, for 2023 the department allocated £468,150 and this year, the department has allocated a further £469,170, bringing the total to more than £1.9 million in Darlington since the programme began, ensuring thousands of children across Darlington local authority have benefitted from healthy meals and taking part in a range of enriching activities during the longer school holidays.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/03/2024 14:12:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693533

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date will draft legislation to ban conversion practices be published.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to protecting everyone from abhorrent and harmful conversion practices, including transgender people. The challenges of legislating in this area are considerable, and it is right and proper that this Government puts the draft Bill forward for pre-legislative scrutiny, as a further safeguard against unintended consequences.</p><p>Our draft Bill is being finalised. The Government expects to deliver a draft Bill that takes account of the independent Cass review, which is itself expected shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/03/2024 16:32:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693536

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Ministers from all departments have (a) held meetings at and (b) worked from the Darlington Economic Campus since August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>With reference to your enquiry regarding the naming of the Darlington Economic Campus 'William McMullen House' I am happy to advise we will consider this suggestion, alongside other suggestions, when finalising the name of building.</p><p>Naming of all new Government Hubs and other Government buildings must go through a process whereby all options must undergo sufficient due diligence. Selection of a preferred option will need to be agreed to by the Government Property Agency (GPA), occupying departments, local leaders and authorities including the Post Office.</p><p>Naming of a new Government Hub will happen nearer to the point when the building is being delivered. In the case of Darlington Economic Campus this will be in 2025/26.</p><p>Under the current programme, and subject to planning consent being granted mid-year and approval of the Full Business Case in the last quarter of this year, works will commence in the first quarter of 2025.</p><p>Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisations or individuals in attendance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 16915 16928 question first answered 12/03/2024 17:36:59 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693537

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the works on the permanent site for the Darlington Economic Campus at Brunswick Street to commence.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>With reference to your enquiry regarding the naming of the Darlington Economic Campus 'William McMullen House' I am happy to advise we will consider this suggestion, alongside other suggestions, when finalising the name of building.</p><p>Naming of all new Government Hubs and other Government buildings must go through a process whereby all options must undergo sufficient due diligence. Selection of a preferred option will need to be agreed to by the Government Property Agency (GPA), occupying departments, local leaders and authorities including the Post Office.</p><p>Naming of a new Government Hub will happen nearer to the point when the building is being delivered. In the case of Darlington Economic Campus this will be in 2025/26.</p><p>Under the current programme, and subject to planning consent being granted mid-year and approval of the Full Business Case in the last quarter of this year, works will commence in the first quarter of 2025.</p><p>Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Published declarations include the purpose of the meeting and the names of any additional external organisations or individuals in attendance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 16915 16927 question first answered 12/03/2024 17:36:59 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693538

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds: Darlington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of sports pitch provision in Darlington; and whether her Department plans to provide further funding for high-quality sports pitches for communities.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering world class sports facilities across the country, so that everyone can take part in sport and physical activity. As part of this commitment, the Government is delivering an historic level of direct investment to build or upgrade thousands of grassroots facilities across the UK.</p><p>Over £363 million has been invested through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme since 2019 to provide new and improved football and multi-sport grassroots facilities across the whole of the UK. Funding is delivered via The Football Foundation’s partnership with the English FA and Premier League.</p><p>So far, Darlington has received investment of £1,036,819 across four Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities projects, including a new artificial grass pitch and changing pavilion at Eastbourne Sports Complex. All projects can be viewed <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/multi-sport-grassroots-facilities-programme-projects-2021-to-2025" target="_blank">here</a> on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/03/2024 14:53:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693539

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Darlington Borough Council on the adequacy of the provision of on-street charging for electric vehicles in Darlington.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In March 2023, the Department wrote to all tier one local authorities in England to announce the launch of the £381m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund. This Fund will enable them to transform the availability of charging infrastructure for drivers without off-street parking in their area.</p><p> </p><p>Tees Valley Combined Authority – which includes Darlington Borough Council – has been allocated £6.6 million in capital funding, and £570,000 in capability funding to recruit dedicated in-house expertise, through the LEVI Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the LEVI Support Body led communication with local authority applicants, hosted LEVI roadshows across England and developed an EV officer training course to engage, educate and equip those involved in the planning and deployment of EV infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the LEVI Support Body will continue to offer expert advice and support to local authorities, including Tees Valley Combined Authority, throughout the Fund’s timeline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 12/03/2024 14:51:39 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1693540

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to provide homes to people granted leave to remain once their funded accommodation ends; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extending the period of time before which such accommodation needs to be vacated on the supply of social housing.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	16931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended.</p><p>We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our SMP to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/03/2024 12:24:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson