The ministerial responsibilities of each member of the CLG ministerial team are outlined as follows.
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Right hon. Hazel Blears MP
Overall responsibility for the Department and its policies, including departmental strategic objectives (DSOs); public service agreement (PSA) targets; comprehensive spending review settlement
Empowering communities and citizens
Olympics legacy
Minister for Housing
Yvette Cooper MP
Lead responsibility for: housing policy and programmes (Homebuy and shared ownership, low and zero-carbon housing, eco-towns, homelessness, HMR pathfinders, social housing, HIPs), including housing elements of the comprehensive spending review and PSAs; and planning reform (town and country planning); and representing the Department in Cabinet on these areas of policy
Physical and housing-related regeneration and sponsor minister for new Homes Agency implementation
Housing and Regeneration Bill
Urban policy and design
Sustainable development and climate change: including the code for sustainable homes and building regulations
Minister for the Thames Gateway, new growth points and growth areas
Olympics legacy issues
Minister for Local Government
John Healey MP
Lead responsibility for local government policy and finance, including local government pensions and Supporting People
Cities and regions (including lead minister for the Greater London Authority Bill)
Government offices
Neighbourhood renewal and tackling disadvantage (including neighbourhood renewal fund; new deal for communities; LEGI)
Planning for major infrastructure, and the Planning Bill
Resilience and recovery from flooding
Overview of fire and rescue service
Community engagement and empowerment; Quirk review
Overview of liveability
Joint Chair of the London Resilience Forum
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Parmjit Dhanda MP
Cohesion (including joint chair of Migration Impacts Forum)
Preventing violent extremism
Fire and rescue service
Support on local government policy and finance (including local government pensions)
Sponsor Minister for Valuation Tribunal Service
Planning casework for East Midlands; East; London; South East; Olympics cases; (includes all cases in the growth areas)
Support on planning for major infrastructure, and the Planning Bill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Iain Wright MP
Support on all aspects of housing policy and programmes and town and country planning, and physical and housing-related regeneration, including decent homes, housing market renewal, and homelessness
Support for Housing and Regeneration Bill
Support on urban policy and urban design; code for sustainable homes; building regulations
Climate change and sustainable development
Ordnance Survey (shareholder Minister)
Phone masts
Sponsor for Audit Commission
Gypsies and Travellers
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Baroness Andrews of Southover
Departmental business in the House of Lords
Responsibility for departmental contribution to the Respect agenda
Support on Supporting People (including individual budgets)
Support on neighbourhood renewal and tackling disadvantage (including neighbourhood renewal fund; new deal for communities; LEGI)
Liveability
Planning casework for Yorkshire and Humber; North East; South West; West Midlands; North West
Planning inspectorate sponsor
Ordnance Survey (client Minister)
Disabled facilities grant
National strategy for an ageing society
Third sector strategy
Supporting on community engagement and empowerment; Quirk review
Digital inclusion
Champion Minister for culture and regeneration