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175880

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 January (HL4174), what assessment they have made of the rates of referrals by Street-Link leading to the accessing of services and to re-housing; and what plans they have to increase those rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Homeless Link, who run StreetLink in partnership with St Mungos Broadway, provide regular updates on how the service is performing. Homeless Link work with local authorities and homelessness organisations to continue to improve the take-up of StreetLink nationally and the help it provides to enable rough sleepers to get back on their feet. Since it started in December 2012 Streetlink has made just under 23,000 rough sleeping referrals to councils to investigate, leading to 9,800 rough sleepers being found and connected with local services of which nearly 1,900 resulted in a specific housing outcome. The Government have increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools needed to take action against rough sleeping locally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2015 15:19:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

174069

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who is responsible for co-ordinating the services and provisions needed by those sleeping rough.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Communities and Local Government has the lead on tackling homelessness and rough sleeping. Formed in 2010, the Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness brings Departments together to ensure that Departments across Government play their part in tackling both the causes and consequences of homelessness. Throughout this Parliament, the group has worked together to coordinate action on the issues facing homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools needed to take action against rough sleeping locally.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of initiatives and projects in place to help rough sleepers, prevent single homelessness and to help those who have been homeless find and sustain accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Thousands of vulnerable people, including military veterans, who have slept rough or faced with the prospect of doing so have been given the help they need through No Second Night Out and Streetlink<strong>.</strong> By using Streetlink the public can help connect rough sleepers to the local services available so they can get the help they need to get them off the streets. Since 2012 Streetlink has made nearly 21,000 rough sleeping referrals to councils with over 9,000 having positive outcomes (such as accessing services) of which nearly 1,800 have had a specific housing outcome.</p><p> </p><p>We have supported the roll-out of No Second Night Out nationally through the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund for the voluntary sector ensuring rough sleepers are found quickly and that they do not spend more than one night on the street. In 20 key rough sleeping areas outside London 67% of rough sleepers were helped off the streets after a single night according to homelessness charities.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched an £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fund for local authorities which will improve council services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness. 34 projects, working across 168 local authorities, will provide support for up 22,000 single homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Government is helping single homeless people find and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector through our £13 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people since it started in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Homeless Link, who represent homelessness charities across England, and attended the launch of their homelessness manifesto at a recent parliamentary reception.</p><p> </p><p>It is not for the Government itself to respond to the manifestos produced by Non-Governmental Organisations and pressure groups ahead of the general election, but we welcome the broader contribution to the debate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4171 HL4174 question first answered 21/01/2015 16:08:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

174068

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will respond to <i>Let's make the difference: A manifesto to end homelessness</i> by Homeless Link in advance of the general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Communities and Local Government has the lead on tackling homelessness and rough sleeping. Formed in 2010, the Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness brings Departments together to ensure that Departments across Government play their part in tackling both the causes and consequences of homelessness. Throughout this Parliament, the group has worked together to coordinate action on the issues facing homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools needed to take action against rough sleeping locally.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of initiatives and projects in place to help rough sleepers, prevent single homelessness and to help those who have been homeless find and sustain accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Thousands of vulnerable people, including military veterans, who have slept rough or faced with the prospect of doing so have been given the help they need through No Second Night Out and Streetlink<strong>.</strong> By using Streetlink the public can help connect rough sleepers to the local services available so they can get the help they need to get them off the streets. Since 2012 Streetlink has made nearly 21,000 rough sleeping referrals to councils with over 9,000 having positive outcomes (such as accessing services) of which nearly 1,800 have had a specific housing outcome.</p><p> </p><p>We have supported the roll-out of No Second Night Out nationally through the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund for the voluntary sector ensuring rough sleepers are found quickly and that they do not spend more than one night on the street. In 20 key rough sleeping areas outside London 67% of rough sleepers were helped off the streets after a single night according to homelessness charities.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched an £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fund for local authorities which will improve council services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness. 34 projects, working across 168 local authorities, will provide support for up 22,000 single homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Government is helping single homeless people find and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector through our £13 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people since it started in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Homeless Link, who represent homelessness charities across England, and attended the launch of their homelessness manifesto at a recent parliamentary reception.</p><p> </p><p>It is not for the Government itself to respond to the manifestos produced by Non-Governmental Organisations and pressure groups ahead of the general election, but we welcome the broader contribution to the debate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4172 HL4174 question first answered 21/01/2015 16:08:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

175582

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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	Community Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the existing policies of European Union states to promote the integration as citizens of all members of immigrant communities, across ethnic and religious boundaries; and whether they consider any such policies to be relevant to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government participates in exchanges of good practice on integration with other EU Member States at meetings of the EU network of National Contact Points on Integration. In relation to our domestic policies on integration, I refer the Noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement on Integration by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 18 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 110WS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/02/2015 15:17:34 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

174071

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to assist rough sleepers, and in particular homeless military veterans.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Communities and Local Government has the lead on tackling homelessness and rough sleeping. Formed in 2010, the Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness brings Departments together to ensure that Departments across Government play their part in tackling both the causes and consequences of homelessness. Throughout this Parliament, the group has worked together to coordinate action on the issues facing homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools needed to take action against rough sleeping locally.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of initiatives and projects in place to help rough sleepers, prevent single homelessness and to help those who have been homeless find and sustain accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Thousands of vulnerable people, including military veterans, who have slept rough or faced with the prospect of doing so have been given the help they need through No Second Night Out and Streetlink<strong>.</strong> By using Streetlink the public can help connect rough sleepers to the local services available so they can get the help they need to get them off the streets. Since 2012 Streetlink has made nearly 21,000 rough sleeping referrals to councils with over 9,000 having positive outcomes (such as accessing services) of which nearly 1,800 have had a specific housing outcome.</p><p> </p><p>We have supported the roll-out of No Second Night Out nationally through the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund for the voluntary sector ensuring rough sleepers are found quickly and that they do not spend more than one night on the street. In 20 key rough sleeping areas outside London 67% of rough sleepers were helped off the streets after a single night according to homelessness charities.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched an £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fund for local authorities which will improve council services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness. 34 projects, working across 168 local authorities, will provide support for up 22,000 single homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Government is helping single homeless people find and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector through our £13 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people since it started in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Homeless Link, who represent homelessness charities across England, and attended the launch of their homelessness manifesto at a recent parliamentary reception.</p><p> </p><p>It is not for the Government itself to respond to the manifestos produced by Non-Governmental Organisations and pressure groups ahead of the general election, but we welcome the broader contribution to the debate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4171 HL4172 question first answered 21/01/2015 16:08:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

911053

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Palestinians: Self-determination of States
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Balfour Declaration and of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, what assessment they have made of their responsibility to ensure that the Palestinian nation is able to exercise its right to self-determination.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL8216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>​The UK supports the Palestinian people in realising self-determination through an independent, sovereign, and unified Palestinian state, in the West Bank and Gaza. To this end, we are long-standing supporters of the Palestinian Authority in its state-building efforts, and we remain committed to making progress towards a two-state solution. We believe that negotiations will only succeed when they are conducted between Israelis and Palestinians, supported by the international community.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/06/2018 10:55:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

911051

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Goldie on 23 May (HL Deb, cols 1028–30), what are the practical consequences of our "close dialogue with Turkey" for military operations and civil administration in northern Syria, including Idlib province; and whether Turkey's "commitment to respect international law" includes compliance with all United Nations mandated ceasefires.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL8214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>During their meeting in the UK in May, President Erdogan and the Prime Minister reaffirmed their commitment to a political settlement to end the war and provide stability for all of Syria, Turkey and the wider region. The Prime Minister emphasised the need to ensure humanitarian access to Syria and compliance with International Humanitarian Law and the protection of civilians. We will continue to pursue these points actively in discussion with the Turkish Government. The UK fully supports UN Security Council Resolution 2401 and has convened emergency briefings of the UN Security Council to press for implementation of the ceasefire. While recognising Turkey's legitimate security concerns, we have, in line with the resolution, urged de-escalation in Afrin, the protection of civilians and the provision of humanitarian aid.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/06/2018 10:49:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

845427

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ahed Tamimi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 7 February (HC Deb, col WH604), when they last discussed the detention of Ahed Tamimi with the government of Israel; and what assessment they have made of any progress being made to implement the recommendations of the report Children in Military Custody published by a delegation of nine UK lawyers in June 2012.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv most recently raised the case of Ahed Tamimi with the Israeli authorities on 7 February. While we welcome progress made by Israel following the recommendations of the Children in Military Custody Report, we remain particularly concerned by reports of the continued heavy use of painful restraints and the high number of Palestinian children who are not informed of their legal rights, in contravention to Israel’s own regulations. We will continue to push for the implementation of the recommendations in full, and we continue to offer support to Israel through expert level talks.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/03/2018 15:37:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1146315

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the UN that the composition of the constitutional committee on Syria has been agreed, what plans they have to call for the inclusion of one or more representatives of the populace living in North-East Syria on that committee.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL17810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​We welcome the UN Secretary-General's announcement on 23 September of the formation of a Constitutional Committee. Decisions on membership of the committee are a matter for the UN Special Envoy for Syria. We have consistently raised with the Special Envoy the need for the committee to be balanced and inclusive.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/10/2019 13:13:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1012121

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israeli Settlements: Hebron
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 November (HL11297 and HL11254), what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about the compatibility of the construction of an apartment block in Hebron with Israel's obligations under international agreements.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>​While we have not discussed this specific plan with the Israeli Government recently, we regularly raise our concerns about illegal settlement activity. As I made clear in my earlier response in October last year, the previous Foreign Secretary issued a statement expressing concern about the approval of 31 construction permits in Hebron for the first time in 15 years. The Government’s position on settlements is clear. They are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace, and threaten the physical viability of a two-state solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/12/2018 12:29:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton