Paula Barker

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the social housing sector in helping to tackle (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping.

24 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with refence to her Department's Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published on 27 March 2023, whether the Government plans to issue guidance to police forces on the treatment of rough sleepers.

24 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential implications of his Department's Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published on 27 March 2023, on police treatment of rough sleep

24 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Sleeping Rough: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of reports that 1,173 people have been arrested in England and Wales since 2021 under the Vagrancy Act 1824.

24 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Sleeping Rough: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces in England on the use of the Vagrancy Act 1824 to arrest rough sleepers.

29 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published on 27 March 2023, what guidance her Department plans to publish on the definition of (a) nuisance and (b) blight caused by homeless p

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of expertise available within local authorities in rural areas on providing advice and access to homelessness services.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the structural causes of youth homelessness.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department will take to tackle youth homelessness.

28 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Anti-social behaviour action plan, published on 27 March 2023, whether her Department plans to take steps to help ensure police officers are trained in referring rough sleepers d

28 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Anti-social behaviour action plan, published on 27 March 2023, whether her Department plans to take steps to avoid the criminalisation of rough sleeping.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of placing children in temporary accommodation that is deemed unsuitable on the health outcomes of those c

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of cot provision in temporary accommodation.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that local connection tests do not lead to victims of domestic violence being denied access to housing.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of local housing teams apply local connection tests to domestic violence victims fleeing to another geographic area.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Evictions: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to ensure victims of domestic abuse are not evicted from their homes following anti-social behaviour complaints.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Canaries: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether canaries can be transported without paperwork between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain and the return journey.

28 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Self-harm and Violence: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the sale of razors and pencil sharpeners in shops to minors on their subsequent use for self-harm or violent purposes.

20 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all callers to HMRC are charged the same rate.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of Ukrainian households admitted under the Homes for Ukraine scheme at risk of homelessness in each of the next two years.

16 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's rational is for applying call charges to incoming public telephone calls to His Majesty's Revenue & Customs.

16 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income was accrued by HMRC through telephone call charges applied to incoming calls in financial year (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 to date.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support her Department is providing in the educational setting to children and young people housed in temporary accommodation.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department issues guidance to school leadership teams on supporting children housed in temporary accommodation.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, further to the Answer of 9 March 2023 to Question 156308 on Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Children, whether his Department issues guidance to local authorities on reducing the num

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of homeless children required to move schools as a result of moving to temporary accommodation in each of the past 12 months.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of suitable temporary accommodation for disabled homeless people.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of disabled people who have been served section 21 eviction notices in the last 12 months.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to Ukrainian refugees to move into the private rented sector at the end of a Homes for Ukra