Fourth Special Report - Prevention in health and social care: Healthy places: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report

This is the government's response, published 9 May 2024.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government says it accepts some of the Committee's recommendations on healthy places but declines others, and states that it has carefully considered all of them.

• On the Decent Homes Standard, it accepts the recommendation, saying the Renters (Reform) Bill will bring the private rented sector under a standard for the first time and that it "intend[s] to publish our consultation on an updated DHS soon".
• On Awaab's Law, it accepts the recommendation. It will publish a consultation response and bring forward secondary legislation for social housing "as soon as practicable", but says the private rented sector needs "a different approach".
• It declines to consult on design and space standards, stating: "we do not believe it is necessary to consult on our design or space standards at this time."
• It declines to make OHID a statutory consultee, saying new statutory consultees would need to be "clearly justified", and that it is "not currently looking to extend the list of statutory consultees".

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