Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Housing and Homelessness)

Felicity Buchan MP

Biography

Felicity Buchan was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 30 October 2022.

She was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury between 7 September 2022 and 28 October 2022.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Housing and Homelessness)

  • asylum - including relevant Houses in multiple occupation (HMO) reform, Standard Minimum Guarantee (SMG), Special Development Order-planning minister
  • Afghan resettlement - including Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy
  • Homes For Ukraine, Hong Kong BNOs (British National (Overseas)), Chagossians resettlement programmes
  • homelessness and rough sleeping
  • Supporting Families/Changing Futures programmes
  • domestic abuse
  • exempt accommodation
  • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions policy
  • The Union and Constitution, and local government engagement in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • retained EU Law programme
  • departmental SI (Statutory Instruments) minister
  • planning casework
  • Ministerial Disability Champion

More about this role

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Previous roles in government