Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 May 2018
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill
"I absolutely agree. If we could get our housing and welfare systems, which have become fragmented—and were never perfect, don’t get me wrong —to work better together, at least people would have a fighting chance of understanding what the hell they were meant to be doing, because it is a …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Apr 2018
Anti-Semitism
"I just want to say on behalf of the House that we are all very glad that my hon. Friend is brave enough to tell her story. For lots of people, it feels difficult to stand up and voice their story. I hope she is able to agree that one …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Rosindell. I also welcome the Bill. As somebody who worked in the field for many years, it is revelatory to see this put into law. I am really pleased and feel that we are constantly surging forward, and 99% of …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
"As the Minister says from her sedentary position, nor does Southwark fund a single refuge bed. That is not a case I have ever heard. However, if it does not, it should—absolutely it should. This is not said with a Labour cap on; we took a Labour council to court. …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
"I want to mention Birmingham which, being the largest council, probably has the longest waiting list. Currently, for temporary accommodation in Birmingham, those moving house can expect to be sent to Burton upon Trent. I believe we have some people in Manchester. There is no available temporary accommodation in Birmingham …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
"Many of us who were part of the change in how legal aid was divvied up, certainly in civil and family cases, are all too aware of exactly how it has become par for the course for someone to prove that they are a victim of domestic abuse. There was …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
"I was about to say something really rude and ask why a dog does something: because it can. It is a bit like anything, just putting stamps on letters—it seems stamps are really expensive in certain GPs’ surgeries. That is happening not just in cases of domestic violence, but in …..."Jess Phillips - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 1st February 2018
Asked by:
Jess Phillips (Labour - Birmingham Yardley)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any Ministers in his Department attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner run by the Meller Educational Trust in an official capacity.
Answered by Jake Berry
No Ministers from the Department attended this event.
Written Question
Tuesday 12th December 2017
Asked by:
Jess Phillips (Labour - Birmingham Yardley)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the number the organisations that have received funding from the Department’s Abuse Fund; where those organisations are located; and the number of new refuge bed spaces created by those organisations, in each of the last 2 years.
Answered by Marcus Jones
My Department has so far provided funding to 76 projects covering 248 local authorities through the 2016-2018 £20 million Domestic Abuse Fund, and recently confirmed that a further four projects will shortly receive funding. The attached table sets out all 80 lead local authorities which have received funding, or are due to receive funding.
Lead local authorities are responsible for allocating the funding for the projects set out in their bids and not all bids were based purely on provision of beds, this is reflected in the attached table.
Based on the ranges given in the local authorities’ bid documents, we estimate that the funding will deliver more than 2,200 additional bedspaces in refuges and other safe accommodation. We are committed to evaluating the outcomes from our £20 million fund.
The bed spaces are additional to the 3649 bedspaces counted in the Women’s Aid ‘Routes to Support’ data in 2016. There were 3479 refuge bedspaces in 2010.
Written Question
Tuesday 12th December 2017
Asked by:
Jess Phillips (Labour - Birmingham Yardley)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which locations the additional 2,200 bed spaces funded by his Department’s Domestic Abuse Fund have been created.
Answered by Marcus Jones
My Department has so far provided funding to 76 projects covering 248 local authorities through the 2016-2018 £20 million Domestic Abuse Fund, and recently confirmed that a further four projects will shortly receive funding. The attached table sets out all 80 lead local authorities which have received funding, or are due to receive funding.
Lead local authorities are responsible for allocating the funding for the projects set out in their bids and not all bids were based purely on provision of beds, this is reflected in the attached table.
Based on the ranges given in the local authorities’ bid documents, we estimate that the funding will deliver more than 2,200 additional bedspaces in refuges and other safe accommodation. We are committed to evaluating the outcomes from our £20 million fund.
The bed spaces are additional to the 3649 bedspaces counted in the Women’s Aid ‘Routes to Support’ data in 2016. There were 3479 refuge bedspaces in 2010.