Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75618

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Publications

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to stop referring to lower socio-economic status in his Department’s publications.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
There are currently no plans to set policy around terminology used in the Department’s publications.