Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his levelling up policies on Scotland.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The Levelling Up missions set out our ambitions for the whole of the country. The Government is committed, through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, to introduce a statutory requirement to report annually on progress against the levelling up missions.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage levelling up across Scotland.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The Levelling Up missions set out our ambitions for the whole of the country. The Government is committed, through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, to introduce a statutory requirement to report annually on progress against the levelling up missions.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increases in costs of living on the ability of Homes for Ukraine Scheme sponsors to financially support those using that scheme.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Details on funding for the scheme are available here. Guidance for Homes for Ukraine guests, hosts, and councils is available here.
We are continuing to work with local authorities and sponsors to support them with their hosting arrangements. Any future policy announcements will be made in the usual way.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Homes for Ukraine Scheme payments.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Details on funding for the scheme are available here. Guidance for Homes for Ukraine guests, hosts, and councils is available here.
We are continuing to work with local authorities and sponsors to support them with their hosting arrangements. Any future policy announcements will be made in the usual way.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
What recent discussions he has had with (a) devolved Administrations and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
The Government has been clear we intend to continue to work in partnership with the devolved administrations and local communities. We have demonstrated this commitment by confirming that devolved administrations will have a place within the governance structures for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).
Ministers regularly speak to Cabinet colleagues on the UKSPF and my officials routinely engage with their devolved administration counterparts on their priorities. To date, we have conducted 25 engagement events across the UK, many of which were attended by the devolved administrations. We will continue this engagement as we develop the UKSPF investment framework and in advance of its publication.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Government has made on developing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Jake Berry
Officials have made progress over the past year on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, holding 25 engagement events and meeting over 500 stakeholders from across the UK, in order to aid policy development.
These initial conversations will be built upon in our forthcoming consultation. Final decisions on the Fund are due to be made at Spending Review.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure parity of access to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for disadvantaged groups.
Answered by Jake Berry
Officials have made progress over the past year on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, holding 25 engagement events and meeting over 500 stakeholders from across the UK, in order to aid policy development.
These initial conversations will be built upon in our forthcoming consultation. Final decisions on the Fund are due to be made at Spending Review.
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for publishing the social housing green paper; and for what reasons that green paper was not published prior to the House rising for summer recess.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Social Housing Green Paper was published on 14 August, with 12 weeks for consultation. While the Government was committed to publishing the Green Paper as soon as possible, it was important that we took the time to ensure that the proposed options did justice to the complex and challenging issues that we are seeking to remedy. As the Government continued to receive representations during recess asking to see the Green Paper issued without delay, it did not seem right to artificially hold up publication until Parliament returned.