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Community Relations

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 20295

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the membership of the Advisory Group on community tensions will be selected through open competition.

Answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

In Protecting What Matters Government pledged to establish a new Advisory Board to support local authorities should tensions arise. This new function will include frontline practitioners from across the country, with experience responding to crisis incidents - enabling them to be ‘on call’ to local leaders at times of crisis and provide practical assistance and support. The membership of the new group will be selected from a pool of frontline practitioners nominated by local partners with first-hand, frontline experience of responding to crisis incidents, before being agreed by ministers.

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