Douglas Ross: —so perhaps Joe FitzPatrick, the First Minister and SNP members will listen to what Homeless Project Scotland has said. It was refused an exemption—[ Interruption .] And still they heckle. Homeless Project Scotland was refused an exemption to use a refrigerated van within the restricted area. Its chairman, Colin McInnes, said that it helps to feed 300 people every day. It collects food...
Lorna Slater: ...ensure that Scotland could strike out on its own path if the Scottish Parliament, elected by the people of Scotland, so chose. That is why Labour, in those early years, took a distinctive path on homelessness reform, for example, and led the way in the UK on the smoking ban. Since then, this Parliament has continued to choose a distinctive path for Scotland, on tuition fees, the child...
Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Major new grants now available to fund specialist care for homeless veterans, published by his Department on 21 April 2023, how many and what proportion of the 900 veteran-supported housing places were in use in each month of 2023.
Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many homeless veterans his Department has supported into accommodation in each month of 2023.
Rachel Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of veterans who were homeless in each month in 2023.
Baroness Fox of Buckley: ...I was having a go at any one party—is leading to cynicism and bitterness in the electorate. The low turnout at the local elections was an indication of the fact that many people feel politically homeless. I do not necessarily support the Bill. I want it to be scrutinised by this House, but I felt that the amendments I was referring to were almost avoiding scrutiny by simply ring-fencing...
Sarah Owen: ...highlight the loopholes in the Bill. He mentioned unfair evictions and spoke powerfully and movingly about the heartache and uncertainty caused by section 21 notices, which are a leading cause of homelessness in England. The Government’s delay since first committing to ending them in April 2019, more than four years ago, has resulted in 60,000 households being threatened with...
Kevin Foster: ...of over 500 in just a 2-year period. This is a significant reduction in the availability of private rented accommodation in the Bay, causing rentals to jump in cost, and some residents to become homeless at the end of their tenancy.” There is also Terry, who stated: “Short-term holiday lets have had a catastrophic impact on housing availability...Post-covid the housing dynamic in my...
Harriet Harman: ...steps his Department is taking to support local councils to find appropriate accommodation in cases where Ukrainian families or individuals previously hosted under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
David Warburton: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps his Department has taken to facilitate access to the Alternative Fuel Payment for people without a permanent address.
Chris Philp: My hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) is a tireless campaigner on this issue and I know that the whole House is grateful to him for championing and introducing the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. As we made clear at the time of the passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Government are committed to the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824, and as soon...
Fleur Anderson: ...of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to support asylum seekers in the UK who are (a) living in relative poverty, (b) affected by mental health issues and (c) homeless.
Lord Carrington: ...housing in rural communities can make a huge difference in supporting businesses and communities in terms of employment and other activities. It would also assist with the growing problem of rural homelessness, as identified by Shelter and other charities. These amendments make strategic housing and market assessments of affordable housing compulsory, and influencing the rate of the...
Victoria Atkins: ...last year, the Government announced an additional £650 million for the Homes for Ukraine support package, which included giving local authorities in England an additional £0.5 billion to reduce homelessness by obtaining housing to reduce pressure on social housing and to help accommodate Ukrainian and Afghan refugees. On 28 March this year, the Government announced a further £250...
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley: ...Act has left this matter unresolved for more than a year. In that time, more than 1,000 vulnerable people have been arrested under its provisions. The plans the Minister refers to recriminalise homelessness through new anti-social behaviour legislation and are contrary to the principles established in the Government’s rough sleeping initiative. That is, in effect, the Vagrancy Act by the...
Marsha de Cordova: ...Government could just say, “Yes, we are going to take it on, reduce those backlogs and address the workforce issues.” Ensuring that we have equity of eye health must also include people who are homeless and those with learning disabilities, as my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby) mentioned. A strategy would focus on five areas. The first is the eye health and sight...
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Newcastle City Council on the adequacy of the level of support for homeless people in Newcastle.
Robert Jenrick: ...this fund is being expanded by £250m with the majority of the additional funding used to provide further housing for Afghans currently in bridging accommodation, and the rest used to ease existing homelessness pressures.
Chi Onwurah: ...in Newcastle upon Tyne Central are growing up in poverty. Over the last five years, the delivery of food parcels to north-east children has risen by 250%. The number of north-east children who are homeless rose by 50% last year, and on average their parents’ wages have fallen by £1,000. If any of this affects a child’s mental health, they face a five-month wait for treatment. Why are...
Robert Jenrick: ...this fund is being expanded by £250m with the majority of the additional funding used to provide further housing for Afghans currently in bridging accommodation, and the rest used to ease existing homelessness pressures. Across the UK, we will provide over £7,000 per person of flexible funding to enable LAs to support move-on from hotels, consisting of a much more flexible allocation of...
