Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 31146

Environmental Health

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Will Stone

LabourSwindon North

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new national post of Chief Environmental Health Officer to provide leadership on enforcement.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government has no plans to create a new post of National Chief Environmental Health Officer.