Department for Communities and Local Government
Communities and Local Government is working hard to create thriving, sustainable, vibrant communities that improve everyone's quality of life. To achieve this we are:
- building more and better homes - and reducing homelessness
- improving local public services
- regenerating areas to create more jobs
- working to produce a sustainable environment
- tackling anti-social behaviour and extremism
Communities and Local Government sets policy on local government, housing, urban regeneration, planning and fire and rescue. We have responsibility for all race equality and community cohesion related issues in England and for building regulations, fire safety and some housing issues in England and Wales. The rest of our work applies only to England.
Contact information
Parliamentary Branch
Correspondence Section
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Ministers
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Hazel Blears
Leads on:
- Overall responsibility for the Department and its policies including: public service agreement (PSA) targets; Departmental strategic objectives (DSOs); and expenditure issues
- Empowering communities and citizens
- Thames Gateway
- Olympic Legacy
Private Office to The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Minister of State (Housing): The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Margaret Beckett
Leads on:
- Representing the Department in Cabinet on: housing policy and programmes including housing elements of the Comprehensive Spending Review and Public Service Agreements;
- Physical and housing-related regeneration and sponsor minister for new Homes and Communities Agency
- Planning policy and the planning system
- Urban policy and design
- Sustainable development and climate change: including the code for sustainable homes and building regulations
Private Office to The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Minister of State (Local Government): The Rt Hon John Healey MP
John Healey
Leads on:
- local government policy and finance, including local government pensions and Supporting People
- Cities and regions
- Government Offices for the Regions
- Neighbourhood renewal and tackling disadvantage including working neighbourhoods fund; New Deal for Communities; Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI)
- Resilience and recovery from flooding
- Overview of fire and rescue service
- Community engagement and empowerment
- Overview of liveability
- Joint Chair of London Resilience Forum
Private Office to The Rt Hon John Healey MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Sadiq Khan MP
Leads on:
- Fire and rescue service
- Cohesion
- Preventing violent extremism
- Support on local government policy and finance (including local government pensions)
- Sponsor minister for Valuation Tribunal Service
- Planning casework
Private Office to Sadiq Khan MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Iain Wright MP
Iain Wright
Leads on:
- Support on all aspects of housing policy and programmes and town and country planning, physical and housing-related regeneration including decent homes, housing market renewal, and homelessness
- Support on urban policy and urban design; the code for sustainable homes; building regulations
- Climate change and sustainable development
- Ordnance Survey (shareholder minister)
- Phone masts
- Sponsor for Audit Commission
- Gypsies and Travellers
- Better Regulation
Private Office to Iain Wright MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: The Baroness Andrews OBE
Baroness Andrews
Leads on:
- Departmental business in the House of Lords
- Responsibility for departmental contribution to the Respect agenda
- Support on Supporting People (including individual budgets)
- Support on neighbourhood renewal and tackling disadvantage (including working neighbourhoods fund; new deal for communities; Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI))
- Liveability
- Planning casework
- Planning inspectorate sponsor
- Ordnance Survey (client minister)
- Disabled facilities grant
- National strategy for an ageing society
- Third sector strategy
- Supporting on community engagement and empowerment
- Digital inclusion
- Champion minister for culture and regeneration
- Heritage
Private Office to The Baroness Andrews OBE
Private Offices
Private Office to The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Private Office to The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Private Office to The Rt Hon John Healey MP
Private Office to Sadiq Khan MP
Private Office to Iain Wright MP
Private Office to The Baroness Andrews OBE
Executive Agencies
The Fire Service College
The Fire Service College is the training establishment for the Fire and Rescue Service based at the Moreton-in-the-Marsh site in Gloucestershire.
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey carries out official surveying and definitive mapping of Great Britain.
Planning Inspectorate
The Planning Inspectorate is an Executive Agency which serves the Department for Communities and Local Government and the National Assembly for Wales on appeals and other casework under planning, housing, environment, highways and allied legislation relating to England and Wales.
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
The QEII Conference Centre provides secure conference facilities for national and international Government and private sector use.
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