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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings his Department has had with (a) devolved mayoral authorities and (b) local authorities on national resilience in the last 12 months.

The Department engages routinely with local authorities as integral partners (designated as Category 1 responders alongside emergency services in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004) in the 38 Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) in England. DLUHC support LRFs to plan for the risks their area faces, to prepare through training and exercising and during response and recovery. Engagement with devolved mayoral authorities varies according to the powers agreed with each authority.