Guidance

Contact the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Use this form to send a message to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is central to the mission-driven government, from fixing the foundations of an affordable home to handing power back to communities and rebuilding local governments.

MHCLG is a ministerial department, supported by 15 agencies and public bodies.

Before you start

MHCLG is responsible for:

  • building safety

  • communities and faith

  • democracy and elections

  • Grenfell Community, Inquiry, Tower and Memorial

  • housing

  • homelessness and rough sleeping

  • local government and English devolution

  • planning

  • regional and local growth

You can read more about what we do. If your message is not about one of these areas, you should send it directly to the relevant department, agency or public body.

We aim to respond to correspondence within 20 working days, when a response is required.

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We may not respond if your query:

  • contains offensive language

  • has already been answered in a previous reply to you

  • is illegible

  • is selling or promoting a product

  • is for information only

Campaigns and petitions

As we receive a large volume of correspondence in connection with campaigns and petitions, we may not always send individual responses.

When you send us your petition or campaign correspondence you must make it clear if you do not want details of your petition or campaign, or our response, to be published online (even without names and addresses of the petitioners).

More information is available on how to petition the government.

FOI requests

Do not use this form to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Use the following steps to make an FOI request:

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information Act and how to make a request.

  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.

  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the following details.


Knowledge & Information Access Team

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

4th floor NW, Fry Building, 2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

Email: FOI@communities.gov.uk

Media enquiries

For media enquiries email: newsdesk@communities.gov.uk.

Use this number if you are a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office: 0303 444 1209.

Complaints

Do not use this form to submit a complaint. You can make a complaint by following our complaints procedure.

Privacy notice

Our privacy notice sets out how we use your personal data when you write to us.

Updates to this page

Published 1 October 2024

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