Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Department overview


Formed	May 2002 (as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) May 2006 (as Department for Communities and Local Government) January 2018 (as Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) September 2021 (as Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) July 2024 (as Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom (England only)
Headquarters	2 Marsham Street, London, England and i9, Railway Drive, Wolverhampton, England
Annual budget	£28.1 billion (current) & £3.5 billion (capital) for 2011–12
Secretary of State responsible	Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Department executive	Will Garton, Interim Permanent Secretary
Website	gov.uk/mhclg

Other UK counterparts
Applies to	England
Relates to	Housing, communities, and local government
Northern Ireland	Various, see § Devolution
Scotland	Communities Directorates Learning and Justice Directorates
Wales	Local Government, Housing, Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for housing, communities, and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001. The department shares its headquarters building, at 2 Marsham Street in London, with the Home Office.

Its responsibilities are devolved policies, therefore it does not have responsibility in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and Northern Ireland Executive each having their own departments responsible for housing, communities and local government in their respective jurisdictions.