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Written Question
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
Thursday 13th September 2018

Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the 2018-19 Main Estimates, published in April 2018, how much funding his Department has allocated to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.

Answered by Jake Berry

HM Treasury has already allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13 March (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/). This money will be paid out in Supplementary Estimates 18/19 later this financial year.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jul 2018
Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Bill

"I just want to note the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) is unable to be here, as he is in the Scottish Affairs Committee. Unfortunately, that brings my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) closer to beating his …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jul 2018
Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Bill

"Before my hon. Friend comes to a conclusion, I want to reflect on his earlier point about “nurseries” and “nurseries”. It is a good opportunity to pay tribute to the Children’s Wood in my constituency, an outdoor play facility that hosts a nursery for young children but also has an …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. Given the importance of European Union regional development funding to communities in Scotland and across the UK, what discussions is the Secretary of State having with the Treasury about replacement funding after Brexit?..."
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Written Question
Homelessness
Friday 4th November 2016

Asked by: Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when and how he plans to publish the work programme of the ministerial group on homelessness; and how voluntary and community organisations are represented on that group.

Answered by Marcus Jones

We are driving action right across government to tackle the root causes of homelessness in England through the Ministerial Working Group on homelessness. We do not currently have any plans to publish a work programme for the Working Group, but are working across departments to make sure tackling homelessness is an integral part of every department’s planning. This is an ongoing process.

The Minister also chairs a regular roundtable meeting with voluntary sector organisations to make sure their views and expertise are fed into homelessness policy and to ensure that the future response to homelessness:

  • is focused more on prevention than crisis;
  • develops a common understanding of ’what works’, and drives the spreading of good practice;
  • encourages services to join up around the needs of vulnerable homeless people, including through using data; and
  • maximises the opportunities presented by devolution in empowering local areas to restructure services from the bottom up and drive improvements in the service response.

The government publishes a list of all ministerial meetings with external bodies on departmental business on a quarterly basis. This is available at www.gov.uk.

Homelessness is a devolved issue in the rest of the UK.