The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has outlined its board’s role to advise and support ministers on the operational implications and effectiveness of policy proposals, focusing on getting policy translated into results.
… board’s role is to advise and support ministers on the operational implications and effectiveness of policy proposals…
GOV. UK writes:
The board’s role is to advise and support ministers on the operational implications and effectiveness of policy proposals, focusing on getting policy translated into results. It operates according to these recognised principles of good corporate governance in business:
- leadership – communicate a clear vision for the department
- effectiveness – challenge and scrutinise performance
- accountability – promote the government’s goal of transparency through clear and fair reporting
- sustainability – take a long-term view about what the department is trying to achieve
Responsibilities
It advises on 5 main areas:
- strategy – setting the vision and ensuring all activities, either directly or indirectly, contribute towards it
- commercial sense – approving the distribution of responsibilities and ensuring sound financial management
- talented people – ensuring the department has the capability to deliver and to plan to meet current and future needs
- results focus – agreeing the operational business plan and monitoring and steering performance against the plan
- management information – ensuring clear, consistent, comparable performance information is used to drive improvements
However, the board’s primary focus is on delivery performance.
Board members
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, chairs the board.
Other members are:
- The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP, Minister of State
- Kemi Badenoch MP, Minister of State
- Neil O’Brien MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Eddie Hughes MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, Minister of State
- Jeremy Pocklington, Permanent Secretary
- Catherine Frances, Director General, Local Government and Public Services
- Richard Goodman, Director General, Building Safety, Grenfell and Net Zero
- Emran Mian, Director General, Decentralisation and Growth
- Matt Thurstan, Director General, Chief Financial Officer
- Tracey Waltho, Director General, Housing and Planning
- Michael Jary, Lead Non-Executive Director
- Pam Chesters CBE, Non-Executive Director
- Dame Mary Ney DBE, Non-Executive Director
- Dame Alison Nimmo DBE, Non-Executive Director
- Jeffrey Dodds, Non-Executive Director
- Lord Gary Porter, Non-Executive Director
Executive Team
The Executive Team is responsible for managing the daily business of the department.
Members of the Executive Team are:
- Jeremy Pocklington, Permanent Secretary
- Catherine Frances, Director General, Local Government and Public Services
- Richard Goodman, Director General, Building Safety, Grenfell and Net Zero
- Emran Mian, Director General, Decentralisation and Growth
- Matt Thurstan, Director General, Chief Financial Officer
- Tracey Waltho, Director General, Housing and Planning
- Lise-Anne Boissiere, Director, Strategy and Private Office
- Simon Claydon, Director of People, Capability and Change
