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Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP

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Building Safety Programme

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Building Safety Programme

The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.

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Latest from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

  1. £600 million boost for housing
    • News story
  2. MHCLG: workforce management information, June 2019
    • Transparency
  3. MHCLG: workforce management information, May 2019
    • Transparency

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What the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government does

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) job is to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area.

MHCLG is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.

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Services

  1. Check your Council Tax band
  2. Apply for or renew a Blue Badge
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Guidance and regulation

  1. How to rent
    • Guidance
  2. Fire safety: Approved Document B
    • Statutory guidance
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News and communications

  1. £600 million boost for housing
    • News story
  2. Four new members appointed to Homes England’s Board
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - July 2019
    • Research
  2. Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates in England and Wales: 2008 to June 2019
    • Official statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Better Care Fund: how it will work in 2019 to 2020
    • Policy paper
  2. Homelessness Reduction Act 2017: call for evidence
    • Open consultation
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. MHCLG: workforce management information, June 2019
    • Transparency
  2. MHCLG: workforce management information, May 2019
    • Transparency
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our ministers

Robert Jenrick MP

The Rt Hon

Robert Jenrick MP
Esther McVey MP

The Rt Hon

Esther McVey MP
Jake Berry MP

The Rt Hon

Jake Berry MP
Luke Hall MP
Luke Hall MP
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Viscount Younger of Leckie

Our management

Melanie Dawes CB
Melanie Dawes CB
Permanent Secretary
Catherine Frances
Director General, Local Government and Public Services
Jeremy Pocklington
Director General, Housing
Simon Ridley
Director General, Decentralisation and Growth
Rachel McLean
Director General, Chief Financial Officer
Lise-Anne Boissiere
Director, Strategy, Communications and Private Office
Ruth Bailey
Director, People, Capability and Change
Michael Jary
Lead Non-Executive Director
Daniel Morley
Non-Executive Director
Dame Mary Ney DBE
Non-Executive Director
Pam Chesters CBE
Non-Executive Director

Special representatives

Lord Pickles

The Rt Hon

Lord Pickles
United Kingdom Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues

Contact MHCLG

Office address and general enquiries

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Contact Form: Office address and general enquiries

General enquiries: please use this number if you are a member of the public

030 3444 0000

Media enquiries

Email

newsdesk@communities.gov.uk

Please use this number if you are a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office

0303 444 1209

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of Information requests

Knowledge & Information Access Team
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2nd floor NW, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

mhclgcorrespondence@communities.gov.uk

High profile groups within MHCLG

  1. Windrush Commemoration Committee

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Jobs and contracts

  1. Procurement at MHCLG
  2. Working for MHCLG
  3. Jobs

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