Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households were placed in temporary accommodation outside of their local borough in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in (i) 2018 (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2022.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Tables on households in temporary accommodation at local authority level, including those placed out of area, are available at the following link.
The Department does not collect temporary accommodation numbers at constituency level.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the numbers of people living in overcrowded housing in Stockport constituency.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
We assess levels of damp and overcrowding by tenure through the English Housing Survey, which can be found here. Local level data will be held by the local authority in question.
Everyone deserves a decent home - one that is free from dangerous damp and mould and overcrowding - which is why we committed to reducing the number of non-decent rented homes by 50% by 2030. We are reviewing the Decent Home Standard and are committed to introduce the standard to the private rented sector for the first time.
We also continue working towards our ambition of delivering 300,000 new homes per year to help create a more sustainable and affordable housing market. Over 2.2 million additional homes have been delivered since April 2010.
I also refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 181418 on 24 April 2023.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing police warrant cards to be used as valid ID in polling stations during elections.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Regarding the assessment of the potential impact of voter identification on levels of fraud and turnout levels at the May 2023 local elections, I refer the Hon. Member to the response given to Question UIN 162192 on 14 March 2023.
Regarding the list of accepted forms of identification and the equality impact assessment, I refer the Hon. Member to the response to Question UIN 183968 and to UIN 180947 on 16 May 2023 and 20 April 2023.
No eligible electors should be turned away due to wearing religious head dress. Privacy screens or private areas must be, by law, available in all polling stations for electors who may wish to have their identity checked in private.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 183152 on 9 May 2023.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of how many (a) housing association, (b) council and (c) private rental properties had damp and mould in Stockport constituency in the financial year 2022-2023.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The data requested is held by the local authorities in question.
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has written to local authorities regarding damp and mould and other hazards, and a copy of that letter is available online.
The Regulator of Social Housing also published information on damp and mould in social housing, in February 2023.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department made an assessment of DP World's record on workers' rights before approving the decision to allow that company to co-run the Thames Freeport.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Businesses operating in Freeports are subject to the same UK employment laws and protections as they would be elsewhere in the country, including the Seafarers' Wages Bill which received Royal Assent on 23 March 2023 and will make access to UK ports conditional on operators of regular services demonstrating that they will be paying at least an equivalent rate to the UK National Minimum Wage whilst in UK waters.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department intends to increase funding for Local Authorities with successful Future High Street bids agreed in 2021-22 to address the impact of trends in the level of inflation.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The department is continuing to respond to the challenges that inflation presents to our levelling up programmes, working closely with the places affected.
Our project change process gives places flexibility to re-scope projects and move funding within their Future High Streets Fund portfolio, allowing them to adapt to the changing economic climate and ensure that projects remain viable.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to extend support for the Homes for Ukraine scheme after six months.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This has already been announced. I refer the Hon. Member to the written statement (HCWS447) made by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, on 14 December 2022.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 with Cabinet colleagues to end homelessness among veterans in Greater Manchester.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
For 2022/23 local authorities have been provided with £366 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant to meet their homelessness strategies, including support for homeless veterans. Funding allocations can be found here. In addition, the Government recently announced a further £8.55m to support the delivery of new veteran supported housing.
Data on households who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, for England including those in Greater Manchester show levels of veteran homelessness is low - less than 1% of homeless households.
Latest numbers for Greater Manchester can be found within the quarterly data publication (Apr - June) available here (Table A3).
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority in Greater Manchester since 2010.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Local authorities receive a wide range of grants from government departments to reflect their broad responsibilities.
Details of core funding for local authorities is available through the local government finance settlement but due to changes in the function and financing of local government, comparable data on Core Spending Power is not available prior to 2015/16. Allocations back to 2015/16, including provisional allocations for 2023/24, are available here.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
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 estimate of the average increase in rent for private properties in Stockport constituency in the last 12 months; what assessment he had made of the affordability of rent increases for people on average earnings in Stockport constituency; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Office for National Statistics publishes data on average rents online as part of its Index of Private Housing Rental Prices. Private rented sector affordability also forms part of the English Housing Survey.
Regional affordability analysis will be published in the supplementary Private Rented Sector Report later this year.