Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government










































Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Department overview
Formed May 2006
Jurisdiction England
Headquarters
2 Marsham Street, London, England
Annual budget £28.1 billion (current) & £3.5 billion (capital) for 2011-12 [1]
Minister responsible

  • The Rt. Hon. James Brokenshire MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Department executive

  • Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary
Website www.gov.uk/dclg









































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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)[2] is the UK Government department for housing, communities and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001. Its headquarters is located at 2 Marsham Street in London, occupation of which it shares with the Home Office. It was renamed to add Housing to its title and changed to a ministry in January 2018.


There are corresponding departments in the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, responsible for communities and local government in their respective jurisdictions.




Contents






  • 1 Ministers


  • 2 History and responsibilities


    • 2.1 Responsibilities




  • 3 Bodies sponsored by MHCLG


    • 3.1 Executive agencies


    • 3.2 Non-departmental public bodies




  • 4 Devolution


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Ministers


The MHCLG's ministers are as follows:[3]






































Minister
 Rank
 Portfolio
The Rt Hon. James Brokenshire MP
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

 Overall leadership of the Ministry, Troubled Families

Kit Malthouse MP
 Minister of State for Housing and Planning

 Housing, Ebbsfleet, planning policy, neighbourhood planning, lead minister on the Housing Bill, planning casework, London

Jake Berry MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth
 Northern Powerhouse, city deals, European Regional Development Fund, Enterprise Zones and Local Enterprise Partnerships, building regulations, supporting minister on the Devolution Bill, planning casework

Rishi Sunak MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government
 Local Government policy and finances, adult social care, local government pensions and interventions policy, troubled families, parks/green space

Heather Wheeler MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness
 Homelessness and rough sleeping, private-rented sector, Housing Ombudsman and redress, leasehold reform,voluntary right-to-buy, home buying process reform, domestic abuse and refuges, supported housing,

The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
 Departmental business in the House of Lords, local government finance and policy, integration and faith, High Speed Rail 2 (HS2), Travellers, supporting the Secretary of State on City Deals and Troubled Families, women and equalities (supporting the Department for Education in the House of Lords)

The Permanent Secretary is Melanie Dawes who took up her post on 1 March 2015.[4]


Henry Smith was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 26 May 2015.[5]



History and responsibilities


MHCLG was formed in July 2001 as part of the Cabinet Office with the title Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), headed by the then Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. In May 2002 the ODPM became a separate department after absorbing the local government and regions portfolios from the defunct Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The ODPM was criticised in some quarters for adding little value and the Environmental Audit Committee had reported negatively on the department in the past.[6][7]
During the 5 May 2006 reshuffle of Tony Blair's government, it was renamed and Ruth Kelly succeeded David Miliband to become the first Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). In January 2018, as part of Theresa May’s Cabinet Reshuffle, the department was renamed the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).



Responsibilities


The Ministry is responsible for UK Government policy in the following areas, mainly in England:[8]



  • building regulations

  • community cohesion

  • decentralisation


  • fire services and community resilience

  • housing

  • local government

  • planning

  • race equality

  • the Thames Gateway

  • urban regeneration


On its creation it also assumed the community policy function of the Home Office. Ministers have since established the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, and the now separate Government Equalities Office which is now part of the Department for Education.



Bodies sponsored by MHCLG



Executive agencies



  • Planning Inspectorate

  • Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre


The department also was previously responsible for two other agencies. On 18 July 2011 Ordnance Survey was transferred to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills[9] and on 28 February 2013 the Fire Service College was sold to Capita.[10]



Non-departmental public bodies


In January 2007, Ruth Kelly announced proposals to bring together the delivery functions of the Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and parts of the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government to form a new unified housing and regeneration agency, the Homes and Communities Agency (renamed Homes England in 2018). Initially announced as Communities England, it became operational in December 2008. This also includes the Academy for Sustainable Communities. 2008 was also the year that the department along with the Local Government Association produced the National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy [11] which led to the creation of nine Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs) with devolved funding of £185m to drive sector-led improvement for councils.



Devolution


Its main counterparts in the devolved nations of the UK are as follows.


Scotland



  • Communities Directorates

  • Learning and Justice Directorates


Northern Ireland




  • Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (civil resilience, community cohesion, race relations)


  • Department of the Environment (local government, planning)


  • Department of Finance and Personnel (building regulations)


  • Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (fire services)


  • Department for Social Development (housing, urban regeneration)


Wales


  • Welsh Government Department for Local Government and Public Services


See also



  • Budget of the United Kingdom

  • Council house

  • Energy efficiency in British housing

  • Flag protocol

  • Homes and Communities Agency

  • Local Resilience Forum

  • English Partnerships

  • Housing Corporation

  • Housing estate

  • Social Exclusion Task Force

  • Local Government Association

  • Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership



References





  1. ^ Budget 2011 (PDF). London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Hansard 22 January 2018 column 19


  3. ^ "Our ministers". GOV.UK. Department for Communities and Local Government. Retrieved 12 May 2015.


  4. ^ "Melanie Dawes announced as new DCLG permanent secretary – Civil Service World". www.civilserviceworld.com.


  5. ^ [1][dead link]


  6. ^ "Environmental report slams ODPM over sustainable code". Building.
    (subscription required)


  7. ^ Knight, Sam (5 May 2006). "Prescott loses his dream home the megadepartment". The Times. London.


  8. ^ "Government ministers and responsibilities – GOV.UK".


  9. ^ "Ordnance Survey becomes part of Department for Business Innovation and Skills". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.


  10. ^ "Fire Service College sold to Capita". 28 February 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.


  11. ^ National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy Archived 27 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine




External links




  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata

  • Local Government Channel


  • Communities UK YouTube channel










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