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1551673

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the pay of people in the social care sector; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing pay in the social care sector on staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to intervene in pay levels in the adult social care sector. No assessment has been made of the specific impact of increasing pay on recruitment and retention in the sector. Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central government.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/01/2023 12:24:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551674

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce (a) increased funding for social care and (b) other social care reforms.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing up to £7.5 billion over two years to support adult social care and discharge with up to £2.8 billion available in 2023/24 and £4.7 billion in 2024/25.</p><p>In spring 2023, the Government will publish a plan for adult social care system reform.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/12/2022 13:35:20 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551675

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Postage Stamps: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) conducting a review of postage stamp prices and (b) implementing a cap on price increases of stamps.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>As a private business, Royal Mail’s management sets the prices for its services. The Government does not have a role in Royal Mail’s commercial decisions.</p><p> </p><p>In setting prices, Royal Mail must observe the regulatory framework set by Ofcom, the independent regulator. This framework imposes prices controls, ‘safeguard caps’, on certain second-class products to ensure a basic universal service is available to all at affordable prices and users of postal services, especially vulnerable consumers, are protected from on-going price rises.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom will conduct a review of the safeguard caps, including a consultation, during 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/12/2022 13:10:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551676

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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: Construction
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of making housing targets advisory on the Government's housing target commitments.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2022-12-06%2Fhcws415&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C2a82e53bbcf64714687b08dae3653cac%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638072321183174623%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qLaRQjw1vBJd8E0dQqwAnfOBr8rL77K7MiexniT6634%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Statement</a> of 6 December.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/12/2022 15:39:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551677

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of children in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Further to my answer to Question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-23%2F94905&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45735a3f6aed45c3231b08dae33e86c2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638072154922007739%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oHibtO23IjPZ1F6OKQcxL2iG9fgTbEtCwRhzs0rvUrA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UIN 94905</a> on 1 December, over 180,000 families with dependent children have been supported to secure accommodation since the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2018.</p><p>We also published our strategy 'Ending Rough Sleeping for Good' in September 2022 and this is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1102417/Rough_Sleeping_Strategy_web_accessible.pdf" target="_blank">Ending Rough Sleeping For Good.</a> The strategy sets out cross government action and how we are investing £2 billion over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 110617 question first answered 22/12/2022 09:54:37 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551679

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Sleeping Rough: Government Assistance
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 steps he is taking to help support people who are sleeping rough this winter.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Further to my answer to Question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-23%2F94905&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45735a3f6aed45c3231b08dae33e86c2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638072154922007739%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oHibtO23IjPZ1F6OKQcxL2iG9fgTbEtCwRhzs0rvUrA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UIN 94905</a> on 1 December, over 180,000 families with dependent children have been supported to secure accommodation since the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2018.</p><p>We also published our strategy 'Ending Rough Sleeping for Good' in September 2022 and this is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1102417/Rough_Sleeping_Strategy_web_accessible.pdf" target="_blank">Ending Rough Sleeping For Good.</a> The strategy sets out cross government action and how we are investing £2 billion over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 110616 question first answered 22/12/2022 09:54:37 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551680

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	First Time Buyers: Government Assistance
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 steps he is taking to support first time buyers onto the housing ladder.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to helping first time buyers to get on the housing ladder. Over 819,000 households have been helped to purchase a home since Spring 2010 through Government backed schemes including First Homes, Shared Ownership and the Lifetime ISA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/12/2022 15:39:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551681

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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: Construction
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 steps he is taking to increase the number of social homes being built each year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have delivered over 632,600 new affordable homes, including over 441,612 affordable homes for rent, of which over 162,800 homes for social rent.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/12/2022 15:39:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551682

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Private Rented Housing: Cost of Living
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 steps he is taking to improve private renter security during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>We will introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this parliament which will fulfil our manifesto commitment of abolishing Section 21 'no fault' evictions.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 22/12/2022 09:54:56 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1551686

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Regional Planning and Development
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 assessment he has made of the impact of rising (a) interest rates and (b) inflation on trends in the level of regional inequality.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	110621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>It is because we are concerned about the impact of inflation and increases in interest rates that the Autumn Statement protected the most vulnerable by uprating benefits and pensions with inflation, strengthening the energy price guarantee, and providing cost of living payments.</p><p>We will report on progress towards delivering the missions through an annual report laid before parliament.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 110622 question first answered 22/12/2022 09:57:37 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson