Breakfast Briefing with Jeremy Pocklington, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
In this special briefing, we will hear how the Permanent Secretary is working with his team to implement policy to support the levelling up agenda, support green homes and build communities across the UK.
When registering for this event you can choose whether you would prefer to attend in-person or virtually. Please note in-person capacity is limited, and any members we are unable to accommodate face-to-face will be offered the opportunity to join virtually.
The livestream will run from 08:30 – 09:30.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, formerly the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, supports communities across the UK to thrive, making them great places to live and work. DLUHC is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies. It has become one of the most important offices in Whitehall following the publication of the Government’s flagship Levelling Up whitepaper. As Permanent Secretary of DLUHC, Jeremy Pocklington is the most senior civil servant in the Department.
In this special briefing, we will hear how the Permanent Secretary is working with his team to implement policy to support the levelling up agenda, support green homes and build communities across the UK. Join us for this special briefing to:
- Hear more about the Department’s priorities and the major policy areas around the levelling up agenda
- Learn where there is scope for further collaboration across the broader public, private, and not-for-profit sectors to ensure the success of the levelling up agenda
- Put your questions to Jeremy directly
Speaker
Jeremy Pocklington was appointed DLUHC Permanent Secretary on 30 March 2020. Jeremy joined DLUHC on 28 August 2018 as Director General, Housing. Prior to this Jeremy was Director General, Energy and Security at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from December 2016 until August 2018. Prior to this he was Director General of Markets and Infrastructure Group at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Before joining DECC Jeremy was Director of the Enterprise and Growth Unit at HM Treasury responsible for policies on growth, business and infrastructure and for advising on public spending for BIS, DfT, DECC and DEFRA. From 2009 to 2012 he was Director of the Economic and Domestic secretariat at the Cabinet Office. Prior to that he was the Deputy Director in HM Treasury responsible for corporate finance and public-private partnerships. He joined the Treasury in 1997 and has held a range of posts on financial regulation, tax and fiscal policy as well as working as an assistant private secretary to 2 Chief Secretaries.