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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 30th March 2023

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will respond to the correspondence of 16 January 2023 from the Rt. Hon. Member for Garston and Halewood.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

I apologise for the delay in responding to the Rt. Hon. Member's correspondence. The department attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from Honourable Members. A response was issued on 30 March 2023.


Written Question
Parking: Death
Monday 5th September 2022

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many deaths caused by falling from multi-storey car parks is his Department aware of having happened over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

I would like to thank the Hon Member for raising this important issue. The Department is aware of some fatalities caused by falling from multi storey car parks but does not compile figures on the number of deaths from falling from multi-storey car parks.


Written Question
Parking: Death
Monday 5th September 2022

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will place all prevention of future deaths and Rule 43 reports his Department has received in each of the last 10 years relating to falls from multi-storey car parks in the Library.

Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

The Department has no record of receiving any Rule 43 reports relating to falls from multi-storey car parks in the past 10 year period.


Written Question
Parking: Death
Monday 5th September 2022

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many prevention of future deaths reports, including Rule 43 reports, his Department and its predecessors have received in each of the last 10 years relating to deaths caused by falls from multi-storey car parks.

Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

The Department has no record of receiving any Rule 43 reports relating to falls from multi-storey car parks in the past 10 year period.


Written Question
Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
Wednesday 6th May 2020

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the criteria for allocating the second tranche of the £1.6 billion of emergency funding to local authorities as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Simon Clarke

Following the Government’s announcement on 18 March of an initial wave of £1.6 billion of funding to respond to COVID-19 impacts on local councils, we continued to keep funding pressures under review, using both data collection and ongoing conversations with councils to refine our assessment.

On 28 April, the Secretary of State announced allocations of an additional £1.6 billion to individual local authorities.

Whereas the first funding allocation was primarily allocated to local authorities through the Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formula, in recognition that the greatest immediate pressures would fall on local authorities with social care responsibilities, this second wave of funding was allocated on a per capita basis. This reflects our latest understanding of the distribution of additional covid-related pressures, which are likely to be distributed in a way that is different from pre-existing needs. The 65:35 spilt in this per capita allocation between counties and districts in two-tier shire areas provides more funding to district councils than the first wave of funding, whilst providing significant support to social care authorities.

It is important that these two waves of funding are seen together and that false comparisons between the two are avoided. Across both waves, almost 70 per cent of district councils will receive £1 million or more in support, whilst more than 90 per cent of the funding will go to social care authorities.


Written Question
Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
Wednesday 6th May 2020

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes he has made since allocating the first tranche of emergency covid-19 funding to local authorities that will determine how the second tranche of that funding is allocated.

Answered by Simon Clarke

Following the Government’s announcement on 18 March of an initial wave of £1.6 billion of funding to respond to COVID-19 impacts on local councils, we continued to keep funding pressures under review, using both data collection and ongoing conversations with councils to refine our assessment.

On 28 April, the Secretary of State announced allocations of an additional £1.6 billion to individual local authorities.

Whereas the first funding allocation was primarily allocated to local authorities through the Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formula, in recognition that the greatest immediate pressures would fall on local authorities with social care responsibilities, this second wave of funding was allocated on a per capita basis. This reflects our latest understanding of the distribution of additional covid-related pressures, which are likely to be distributed in a way that is different from pre-existing needs. The 65:35 spilt in this per capita allocation between counties and districts in two-tier shire areas provides more funding to district councils than the first wave of funding, whilst providing significant support to social care authorities.

It is important that these two waves of funding are seen together and that false comparisons between the two are avoided. Across both waves, almost 70 per cent of district councils will receive £1 million or more in support, whilst more than 90 per cent of the funding will go to social care authorities.


Written Question
Supported Housing: Staff
Tuesday 21st April 2020

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government's policy is that staff providing extra care or warden services in supported and sheltered housing schemes operated by Registered Social Landlords are key workers; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)

Government published guidance on GOV.UK on 19 March setting out how the children of those whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home will be prioritised for education provision.

Protecting vulnerable tenants and ensuring that residents of supported and sheltered housing schemes are safe is critical at this time.

The guidance is clear that if workers think they fall within the critical categories it describes, they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.


Written Question
Private Rented Housing: Liverpool
Tuesday 21st January 2020

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the application for Liverpool City Council to be re-designated as an area for selective licensing of landlords was turned down; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

Liverpool City Council made an application for selective licensing under the condition of low housing demand across the whole city.

The evidence provided by the local authority was carefully considered against all the relevant statutory conditions, including those contained within section 80(4) of the Housing Act 2004. The application did not meet the statutory tests because it did not sufficiently evidence the existence of low housing demand in every ward in the city, nor that every ward would become an area of low housing demand.


Written Question
Landlords: Licensing
Tuesday 21st January 2020

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis was for his Department not including the provisions of section 80(4) of the Housing Act 2004 in refusing Liverpool City Council's application to be area for selective landlord licensing.

Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)

Liverpool City Council made an application for selective licensing under the condition of low housing demand across the whole city.

The evidence provided by the local authority was carefully considered against all the relevant statutory conditions, including those contained within section 80(4) of the Housing Act 2004. The application did not meet the statutory tests because it did not sufficiently evidence the existence of low housing demand in every ward in the city, nor that every ward would become an area of low housing demand.


Written Question
North West: Brexit
Thursday 3rd October 2019

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent meetings Ministers and Official in his Department have had with (a) businesses and (b) public authorities in the North West on the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)

Officials in my Department undertake extensive engagement with the sector, including a series of events for all councils, a monthly meeting between the Secretary of State and council leaders, a monthly teleconference with all Chief Executives and Brexit Lead Officers and weekly dialogue with a network of nine Chief Executives who represent their regions on Brexit. There are also regular mailouts, bulletins and dedicated web pages to bring together relevant information, advice and guidance on Brexit from across Whitehall.