Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities recall (Homelessness and housing)
Closed
Opened 22 Sep 2021
Closed 2 Sep 2022
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Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
In March 2021 the Committee reported that the Government’s emergency housing policy to get people sleeping rough off the streets as the Covid pandemic hit had “ exposed a rough sleeping problem many times larger than Government has previously acknowledged ” The Committee also noted the ongoing lack of progress towards either of the promise to end rough sleeping entirely by 2024 , or the Government’s manifesto commitments on house-building . The Committee will recall senior officials at MHCLG for questions on addressing the housing crisis in the UK and the ongoing cladding scandal. There will also be questions on the wider “Levelling Up” agenda, including follow up on the Towns Fund which the Committee reported on in 2020 . If you have evidence on any of these issues to inform this session with MHCLG, please submit it here by Thursday 28 October 2021.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 22 September 2021.
The committee has not published a report yet.
Evidence
- 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 1 November 2021
- 3 witnesses
Recent activity
- Correspondence from Jeremy Pocklington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, re Further information following the oral evidence session: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities recall (Homelessness and Housing), Public Accounts Committee, dated 25 February 20229 March 2022, Correspondence
- Correspondence from Jeremy Pocklington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, re Further information following the oral evidence session: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities recall (Homelessness and housing), Public Accounts Committee, dated 15 November 202123 November 2021, Correspondence
- Correspondence from Jeremy Pocklington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, re Homelessness and sleeping rough, dated 28 October 20212 November 2021, Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2021 |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Recall (Homelessness and housing)
Jeremy Pocklington · Ministry of Defence,
Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities,
Tracey Waltho · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pocklington · Permanent Secretary | Ministry of Defence | 1 |
| Richard Goodman · Director General, Building Safety, Grenfell and Net Zero | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 1 |
| Tracey Waltho · Director General, Housing and Building Safety | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 1 |
Correspondence
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