Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to incorporate the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals into the Levelling Up agenda.

Levelling up is at the heart of the government’s agenda and is about empowering local leaders and communities to seize their own destiny; boosting living standards, particularly where they are lower; spreading opportunity and improving public services, particularly where they are weak; and restoring local pride in places across the UK.

The UK remains committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and all government departments have responsibility for aspects of the SDGs that relate to their policy remits.