Select Committee · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Children, young people and the built environment

Status: Closed Opened: 13 Nov 2023 Closed: 28 May 2024

This inquiry is looking at how better planning and building and urban design in England could enhance the health and well-being of children and young people, while also benefitting the population as a whole. It will look at how children and young people can use outside public spaces and move around their neighbourhoods: how they …

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
25 Mar 2024 Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Joanna Averley · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Lee Rowley · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities View ↗
26 Feb 2024 Dinah Bornat · ZCD Architects, Jo McCafferty · Levitt Bernstein, Jonny Anstead · TOWN, Sarah Scannell · Birmingham City Council, Tim Gill (Author of Urban Playground) View ↗
24 Jan 2024 Alice Ferguson · Playing Out, Dr Jennifer Wills Lamacq · UCL, Dr William Bird · Intelligent Health, Harriet Grant · Guardian, Helen Griffiths · Fields in Trust, Mrs Gemma Hyde · TCPA, Professor Alison Stenning · Newcastle University, Professor Helen Dodd · Exeter University View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
14 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Department for Education's Permanent Secretary, da…
14 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary, DfE, to the Chair dated 23 April 2024, con…