Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith, is a junior minister position in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

United Kingdom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith
since 5th July 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
StyleMinister
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and the Commonwealth)
StatusMinister of the Crown
Reports toSecretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
AppointerThe Prime Minister
Websitewww.communities.gov.uk


The current holder is Wajid Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley.

Responsibilities

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The responsibilities for the Minister are:[1]

  • Lords commitments
  • Grenfell Inquiry, engagement, recovery and rehousing
  • faith and Holocaust Memorial policy
  • social housing - supply (including Affordable Homes Programme), quality, White Paper implementation, and regulation
  • Resilience and Recovery Directorate (RED) local resilience and emergencies, including winter preparedness
  • planning casework
  • corporate matters

List of ministers

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Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Prime Minister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Housing and Faith
The Baroness Scott of Bybrook
 
20 September 2023 Incumbent Conservative Rishi Sunak

References

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  1. ^ "Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-10-27.