The Cabinet Secretary for Housing (Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Tai) is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current office holder is Jayne Bryant since July 2024.
| Cabinet Secretary for Housing of Wales | |
|---|---|
| Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Tai (Welsh) | |
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| Welsh Government | |
| Style | Welsh Cabinet Secretary |
| Status | Cabinet Secretary |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales |
| Seat | Cardiff |
| Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
| Appointer | The Crown |
| Term length | Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
| First holder | Peter Law AM (as Secretary for Housing) |
Ministers
edit| Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary for Housing | ||||||||
| Peter Law | 
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22 February 2000 | 16 October 2000 | Secretary for Local Government | Labour | Interim Morgan administration | [1] | |
| Minister for Housing | ||||||||
| Jane Davidson | 
|
19 July 2007 | 2011 | Minister for Sustainability
Minister for Environment (from December 2009 under Jones) |
Labour | Fourth Morgan government | [2] | |
| Minister for Housing, Regeneration & Heritage | ||||||||
| Huw Lewis | 
|
13 May 2011 | 2013 | Labour | Second Jones government | [3][4] | ||
| Minister for Housing | ||||||||
| Julie James | .jpg)
|
13 December 2018 | 2021 | Minister for Local Government | Labour | First Drakeford government | [5][6] | |
| Minister for Climate Change (with housing portfolio)[7] | ||||||||
| Julie James |
|
13 May 2021 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | Second Drakeford government | [8][9] | ||
| Cabinet Secretary for Housing | ||||||||
| Julie James |
|
21 March 2024 | 16 July 2024[10] | Cabinet Secretary for Local Government
Planning portfolio |
Labour | Gething government | [11] | |
| Jayne Bryant | .jpg)
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17 July 2024 | Incumbent' | Cabinet Secretary for Local Government
Planning portfolio (July–September 2024) |
Labour | Gething government | [12][13] | |
Responsibilities
editThe post's responsibilities are:[14]
- Housing and planning responsibilities
- Overseeing housing and its related activities conducted by housing associations and local authorities, such as the management of housing and the allocation of affordable and social housing.
- The supply and quality of market-sector, affordable and social housing.
- Second homes in Wales
- Housing advice and homelessness
- Private rented sector housing matters, and registered social landlord regulation
- Aids and adaptations, such as the Physical Adaptation Grants and Disabled Facilities Grants
- Housing-related support provision, excluding Housing Benefit payment
- Local authority-led commercial tenancies regulation
- National Infrastructure Commission
- Planning acts implementation and oversight, as well as the oversight and implementation of all aspects of Wales' planning policy and the determination of called-in planning applications and planning appeals.
- Planning gain, and using Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 106 agreements.
- "Developments of National Significance", determining planning applications and any connected consents.
- Building regulations
- Future Wales: the national plan 2040
- Regeneration, including the use of Strategic Regeneration Areas; legacy regeneration; Transforming Town Centres programme and provision of sites and premises, derelict land and environmental improvements relating to regeneration.[15]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales First Assembly: 1999 - 2003" (PDF). senedd.wales. National Assembly for Wales.
- ^ "Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales Third Assembly: 2007 - 2011" (PDF). senedd.wales. National Assembly for Wales.
- ^ "Assembly Government names housing minister". Inside Housing. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Written Statement - Cabinet Reshuffle (14 March 2013) | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "First Minister announces new cabinet | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Wales' new first minister Mark Drakeford appoints his team". BBC News. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Welsh housing minister to lead new climate change ministry". Inside Housing. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Mosalski, Ruth (13 May 2021). "Live updates as Mark Drakeford overhauls Welsh Government cabinet". Wales Online. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Wales election: New health and education ministers in reshuffle". BBC News. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Four members of Welsh government quit, calling for First Minister Vaughan Gething to resign". BBC News.
- ^ "Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething announces his cabinet". ITV News. 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Vaughan Gething reshuffles Welsh Labour top team after resignations". The Independent. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Welsh government reshuffle: Miles back as minister after ousting Gething". BBC News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Julie James MS: Minister for Climate Change | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Welsh Government organisation chart | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.