Past Conversations 2023
Local Consultations and Surveys | |||||
| Title | Lead Organisation | Summary | Start Date | Closing Date | Feedback |
| Experiences with Debt | Tameside Inequalities Reference Group/Citizens Advice Bureau | Do you have experience dealing with debt? If so, we would like to hear from you. The aim of this survey is to help us to get a better understanding of people's journeys through debt and debt advice in the borough, so that we can identify how services can be more proactive and intervene earlier in people’s debt journeys, and the barriers that people face in seeking debt advice. This survey is commissioned by the Tameside Inequalities Reference Group, and explores people's experiences dealing with debt in Tameside. All answers to this survey are anonymous. This information will help local debt advice providers, including Citizens Advice Tameside and Tameside Council to improve our services. If you need debt advice, please visit the Citizens Advice Tameside website to access support alternatively, call our Freephone Adviceline 0808 278 7805 (Open Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm - excluding Bank Holidays). | |||
| Community Safety Survey | Tameside Council | Over the coming months, Tameside Council’s Community Safety team will be conducting engagement sessions across the borough of Tameside. The aim is to speak with residents who use the services of local community organisations, in order to seek your views on community safety issues in your area. The feedback received, will help deepen our understanding regarding the issues in each of the wards, help us to pinpoint hotspots and therefore work more strategically and to direct resources appropriately. All information provided will be kept confidential, stored securely and will be used for statistical and research purposes only. We will not share any confidential information provided, with any third party organisations. | |||
| Tameside GP Practices Survey | Healthwatch Tameside | Healthwatch Tameside is the consumer champion for health and care services. There have been many changes at GP practices recently, including:
Healthwatch have been hearing about people’s experiences, and now want to collect more detail. What was good? What could be improved? Do the new ways of providing care work for you? Please help by completing the survey. If you need support, or would prefer a paper copy, or to provide feedback over the phone, please ring 0161 667 2526, and leave a message. You will receive a call back. | 31/12/23 | ||
| Health and Care Experiences Survey | Healthwatch Tameside | At Healthwatch Tameside, we work on behalf of the community to make sure health and care services are working as best they can for you, influenced by what you tell us. This survey gives you an opportunity to feed back about health and care services you have used recently. We will share the anonymised findings with local health and care partners. The information will be used, alongside other feedback, to plan future services for the local population. Please spend a few minutes completing this survey, to help us influence the health services provided locally. Thank you for your time. | 31/12/23 | ||
| Tameside Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Locality Plan | Tameside Health and Wellbeing Board | The Health and Wellbeing Board - a partnership of organisations including the local authority, NHS partners, and the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise Sector - have set out a series of ambitions across the life course to improve the health of Tameside residents and reduce inequalities many communities in Tameside experience. These ambitions are set out in the draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Locality Plan: We are inviting residents to provide their input on the health and wellbeing priorities for Tameside. We aim to seek your feedback on the existing priorities and find out what you think is missing. This consultation should take around 10 minutes to complete. The deadline to complete is Tuesday 29th August. To complete the consultation, please click here. | 28/07/23 | 29/08/23 | You Said We Did |
| Tameside Carer’s Strategy | Tameside Council | Tameside Carers Service have used learnings from individual assessment processes, specific focus groups, engagement events, surveys, partnership boards, complaints, and more to inform the focus for the future Carers Strategy. This survey is to check back that we have captured what is important to you as a Carer who lives in Tameside. We understand that these can be sensitive issues to discuss; therefore all responses will be kept in the strictest confidence and subject to all relevant data protection laws. This survey should take no longer than 5-10 minutes to complete and will close on the 23rd July 2023 To complete the survey please click here | 13/06/2023 | 23/07/2023 | |
| Hyde Masterplan | Tameside Council | Consultation has started so you can have their say on the draft vision and masterplan proposals being put forward to reinvigorate Hyde town centre. The creation of a masterplan for Hyde is crucial to support the town’s future as it will enable TMBC to seek further funding sources to realise plans. It will present the driving vision for regenerating the town centre and the strategy and approach needed to help make it a reality. Since September 2022, the consultant team have led a series of meetings and workshops with businesses, residents’ groups, students, and other stakeholders. The initial fact-finding survey received over 1,300 responses, and around 200 people attended in person events including the pop-up shop in the Clarendon Centre. The valuable insight and feedback has been considered and has shaped the vision, development objectives and designs for key areas of the town centre. In person sessions will take place at the Clarendon Shopping Centre in Hyde on Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July 2023 and information will be on display at Hyde Market, Hyde Library and the Bangladeshi Welfare Association where residents can pick up a paper copy of the survey. To view the plans and provide feedback via the survey go to www.thinkhydetowncentre.co.uk. For further information the team can be contacted at Hyde.masterplan@tameside.gov.uk | 12/06/23 | 09/07/23 | |
| Cost of Living Survey | Healthwatch Tameside/Action Together | Action Together and Healthwatch Tameside are gathering information on the way that the cost-of-living crisis is impacting local people’s health and wellbeing, and we are asking for your help. We are already working hard to share the insight we hear. We hope that this research will help system partners understand the impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having on the health and wellbeing of our residents and support us to work better together to improve the situation people are finding themselves in. Who is it for? Anyone who lives in Tameside. We are trying to use our relationships to get to all of our communities to make this a powerful piece of insight. Why bother? Poverty is a lonely and isolating situation. We want to show that this isn’t affecting a few people, it is real, it is hard and it has a long term impact on how people are living their lives here. Without the data, we can’t fight for better support. | 19/05/23 | ||
| Tameside Adult Social Care Strategy | Tameside Council | Tameside Adult Social Care have used learnings from individual assessment processes, specific focus groups, engagement events, surveys, partnership boards, complaints, and more to inform the focus for the future Adult Social Care Strategy. This survey is to check back that we have captured what is important to you, and gather your views on adopting an Adult Social Care vision for Tameside. We understand that these can be sensitive issues to discuss; therefore all responses will be kept in the strictest confidence and subject to all relevant data protection laws. This survey should take no longer than 5-10 minutes to complete and will close on the 21st April 2023. To complete the survey please click here | 09/03/2023 | 21/04/2023 | |
| Tameside Early Help Strategy 2023-2026 | Tameside Council | The sooner a family receives the right support, the sooner they are able to improve their situation. Early Help means taking action to support a child or young person and their family early in the life of a problem to improve outcomes for families. The Tameside Early Help Strategy 2023-2026, is a partnership document underpinning our commitment to early intervention, building on the previous Tameside Early Help Strategies of 2017 and 2020. It would be great to get as much feedback as possible to ensure we have a comprehensive early help strategy reflecting the needs of the borough. A link to a pdf of the strategy is available on the first page of the survey. Please find the link here - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TamesideEarlyHelpStrategy | |||
| Tameside Domestic Abuse Support Survey | Tameside Council | Domestic Abuse is any type of controlling, threatening or violent behaviour between people in a relationship or between family members. It can affect anyone regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, religion or disability. As a Local Authority we work with our partner agencies to make sure people experiencing domestic abuse can access support and advice. Your responses to this survey will help us to make sure that we continue to provide the right support for people at the right time. This survey should take no longer than 5-10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey by Monday 13th March, 11:59pm. This survey has now closed. | 31/01/23 | 13/03/23 | |
| Big Conversation Survey | Tameside Council | At Tameside Council, we advertise our local engagement and consultation opportunities on the Big Conversation webpage. (Please click here to open the webpage). Also, we advertise regional and national consultations. As part of our Engagement Strategy that we are currently developing, we want our engagement and consultation opportunities to be accessible and transparent. The Big Conversation will play a role. We are considering refreshing and re-designing the Big Conversation webpages. In this survey, we want to know whether you are aware of and use the Big Conversation, what you think of the current website, and what improvements can be made. This survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete and will close on Wednesday 22nd February, 11:59pm. This survey is now closed. | 24/01/23 | 22/02/23 | |
| Healthwatch Care and Experiences Survey | Healthwatch Tameside | This survey asks about your use of any health and care services. This could be GPs, hospitals, NHS dentists, pharmacies, ambulance services, social care, and so on. Please tell Healthwatch about any services you have used recently. What went well? What could be improved? This survey has now closed. | |||
| Poverty Strategy Recommendation | Tameside Health & Wellbeing Board | Throughout June and July we asked your opinions on how we could address Poverty in Tameside. Using that information we have developed a series of recommendations. We would like your views on whether they are right things and whether there is anything missing. | 21/12/2022 | 31/01/2023 | |
| Homelessness - Private Rented Sector Offer (PRSO) Policy | Tameside Council | Tameside Council is consulting members of the public, key stakeholders and homelessness partners on the above draft policy, which aims to increase the range of suitable accommodation that can be used to discharge the main housing duty. This draft policy would provide Tameside Council with the additional option of discharging the main homelessness duty towards a household by the offer of a suitable Private Rented Sector accommodation, in accordance with the Localism Act 2011. Currently, Tameside Council can only discharge its duty to those in temporary accommodation by offering them a tenancy with a registered social landlord. This limits the number of available properties and results in many households and individuals remaining in temporary accommodation for extended periods of time. It is anticipated that the introduction of this additional policy will result in a greater choice of appropriate properties for those people in temporary accommodation, and better opportunities for the Council to place households and individuals in more appropriate accommodation within a shorter timeframe. This survey has now closed. | 01/12/2022 | 30/01/2023 | |
| Tameside Council Budget 2023-24 | Tameside Council. | We understand that everyone is dealing with a very concerning rise in the cost of living. But the impact of rising inflation is also presenting the Council with significant financial challenges. We would like to hear your views on what our spending priorities should be and your thoughts on how we can save money to help us set our budget for 2023/24. Prior to 1 July 2022, Tameside Council and NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) together formed the Tameside and Glossop Strategic Commission. On 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards (ICB) replaced CCGs. For Tameside registered patients, responsibilities transferred to the Greater Manchester ICB, while commissioning responsibility for patients in Glossop transferred to Derby & Derbyshire ICB, resulting in an alignment of healthcare commissioning footprints to those of the Local Authority. The Council continues to work closely with the ICB, but for the purpose of this consultation, the focus is on Council budgets only. This survey has now closed. | 14/12/2022 | 20/01/23 | |
| Bee Network Walking and Cycling Schemes at: | Tameside Council. | Tameside residents are invited to have their say on plans to improve walking and cycling routes as part of the Greater Manchester Bee Network. A consultation is underway on three schemes – Stamford Drive to Granville Street (Stalybridge and Ashton), Clarendon Road (Audenshaw) and Rayner Lane (Droylsden and Audenshaw). The proposed schemes have been designed to improve walking and cycling connections to give people more opportunities to choose active travel for their day-to-day journeys. Walking and cycling are not only better for both physical and mental health, helping people keep fit and active, they are also better for the environment by reducing congestion and improving air quality, and can help people save money when travelling, especially during the cost-of-living crisis. The consultation has been launched to give residents an opportunity to help improve the schemes and their neighbourhood. This survey has now closed. | 12/12/2022 | 14/01/2023 | You Said, We Did |
Regional Consultations and Surveys | |||||
| Title | Lead Organisation | Summary | Start Date | Closing Date | Feedback |
| Business Travel Survey | Transport for Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester is working towards an ambitious target for becoming carbon neutral by 2038, and transport plays a significant role in reaching this. Greater Manchester’s transport and travel priorities aim to provide an environmentally sustainable network which is accessible, affordable and easy to use, and that supports long-term economic growth and access to opportunity for all. The Bee Network is Greater Manchester's vision for an integrated, London-style transport system which will join together buses, trams, rail as well as active travel - walking, cycling and wheeling. It is important that local businesses operating in GM have the ability to influence how the Bee Network works for their business and their workforce. You can find out more about the Bee Network here: tfgm.com/destination-bee-network This survey from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is to understand how businesses feel about the current public transport and active travel network in Greater Manchester, and what would encourage them to take up sustainable ways of traveling for their employees and business operations. It takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. | 11/08/2023 | ||
| Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Strategy | Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit | Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) is developing Greater Manchester’s first Violence Reduction Strategy to set out our ambitions to reduce violence in Greater Manchester. The VRU takes a community-led approach to violence reduction, so gathering the views of our communities is vital as we develop our Violence Reduction Strategy. This online survey aims to gather the public’s views and opinions on safety, experiences of violence, and the change they would like to see in Greater Manchester. To complete the survey, click here. | 14/07/23 | 11/08/23 | |
| Strategic Transport Plan | Transport for the North | This Plan sets out the opportunities and challenges facing the North of England’s economy, people, and communities, and demonstrates how improved transport links can help the North achieve its true potential. We are seeking further input into the document via a public consultation to ensure it represents, reflects and supports all areas of our North. For more information and to complete the consultation, click here | 25/05/23 | 17/08/23 | |
| Greater Manchester Age Friendly Strategy | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | The GM Ageing Hub will be refreshing the Greater Manchester Age-friendly Strategy in 2023. They are proposing structuring the strategy around four core themes: Work and Money: Increasing access to reskilling, employment support and age-friendly employers; engaging older people in the discovery and innovation of digital technology; increased awareness of benefit entitlements and ensuring financial security in retirement Places: Build and scale approaches to Ageing in Place; create age-friendly homes and transport; regeneration of high streets and town centres, the night-time economy and creative and cultural opportunities Ageing Well: Increasing access to preventative services and mental health support; continue to embed delivery of active ageing; Falls Collaborative and other recommendations of the Falls Prevention report. Working Together: Grow the Greater Manchester ageing eco-system with new partnerships & distributed leadership, and raise the voices and diverse experiences of people in mid- and later life. For more information and to complete the survey, click here | 19/05/23 | 28/07/23 | |
| GM TRENDS – Young Person Survey | Greater Manchester Combined Authority/ Manchester Metropolitan University | GM TRENDS (Testing and Research on Emergent and New Drug Trends) have launched a survey for young people who live in Greater Manchester and who use drugs. The survey aims to talk to young people about new and emerging drugs being used or experimented with. This will contribute to helping develop and design services, provide up-to-date education, and improve support for young people and their families. All responses will be kept completely confidential. For more information and to take the survey, click here. | 19/06/23 | 22/07/23 | |
| GM TRENDS – Young Person Survey | Greater Manchester Combined Authority/ Manchester Metropolitan University | GM TRENDS (Testing and Research on Emergent and New Drug Trends) have launched a survey for young people who live in Greater Manchester and who use drugs. The survey aims to talk to young people about new and emerging drugs being used or experimented with. This will contribute to helping develop and design services, provide up-to-date education, and improve support for young people and their families. All responses will be kept completely confidential. For more information and to take the survey, click here. | 19/06/23 | 22/07/23 | |
| Major Conditions Strategy | Department of Health and Social Care | The DHSC are seeking your views and ideas on how to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage the 6 major groups of health conditions that most affect the population in England. These are: cancers; cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes; chronic respiratory diseases; dementia; mental ill health; mental ill health; and musculoskeletal disorders. The views and ideas gathered will inform the priorities and actions in the major conditions strategy. For more information and tom complete the survey, please click here | 17/05/23 | 27/06/23 | |
| Help to Save Reform | HM Treasury | The Help to Save scheme offers working people on low incomes in receipt of certain benefits 4-year savings accounts with a 50% government bonus where they can save a maximum of £50 a month. At Spring Budget the government announced that the Help to Save scheme (originally due to close to new accounts in September 2023) will be extended by 18-months, on its current terms, until April 2025 and that it would consult on reforms to the scheme. This consultation paper will be seeking views from stakeholders on how the scheme could be reformed and simplified to ensure it: has longevity as a key savings product for working people on low incomes; encourages take-up in the target group; and provides the best value for taxpayers. To complete the consultation and for more information, please click here | 27/04/23 | 22/06/23 | |
| Renting in Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) are working with DJS Research, an independent research agency, to carry out a survey with residents to understand their experiences of renting a home in the private sector. This means - tenants who rent from a private landlord, such as a private individual, either directly or through a letting agent, or via a private company such as your employer or provider of student accommodation (rather than the council or a housing association). The findings from the survey will be used by GMCA and the ten local authorities to develop policies to improve standards in the private rented sector. The survey will take no more than 15 minutes to complete. To complete the survey, please click here | 09/03/23 | 30/06/23 | |
| Towards an Integrated Technical Education, Skills, and Work City-Region: Starting the Conversation | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Greater Manchester is proposing two equal pathways for young people when they make their GCSE choices – one academic and one focussed on technical, offering a clear pathway into good work. As part of the Trailblazer Devolution Deal, Greater Manchester will have further oversight of post-16 technical skills, allowing local leaders to work with government in new ways to better shape how the city-region supports the many young people in GM who want to take a technical pathway rather than an academic one and match them into the skilled jobs being created in the local economy. As part of this, the Mayor has proposed the idea of a Greater Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc) for technical education, which would sit alongside the existing English Baccalaureate (EBacc) for those wanting to pursue a university education. This consultation is aimed at local partners, schools and businesses and aims to gather feedback on the plans and subjects being proposed within the development of the MBacc. For more information and to complete the survey, click here | 19/05/23 | 30/06/2023 | |
| Accessible Engagement | NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership | NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Communication and Engagement team would like to develop accessible engagement guidance for their staff to use. The guidance is to make sure that when we carry out engagement activity with people and communities that we do so in a way that is inclusive and does not create barriers for people, especially those experiencing health inequalities. To help us understand the barriers for the people you work alongside we would really appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey. This survey has now closed. | 30/01/23 | 17/02/23 | |
| Annual Delivery Plan Consultation | Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service | Do you live in, work in, or visit Greater Manchester? Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service wants your views on their plans for the next year. Their proposed Annual Delivery Plan sets out how they’ll achieve the priorities in their four-year Fire Plan over the next year. This survey has now closed. | 24/01/23 | 08/02/23 | |
| LGBTQ+ Groups Engagement Survey | LGBT Foundation | LGBT Foundation is proud to be the management organisation for the Greater Manchester LGBTQ+ Equality Panel. As part of this work, they are working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to set up an LGBTQ+ organisations engagement group to better understand the needs of LGBTQ+ communities. The Equality Panel is made up of individuals who use their lived experiences to help influence policy making in Greater Manchester. While this is a vital role, they recognise that there are also many LGBTQ+ groups who can bring community-led expertise to these conversations as well. This helps make sure that LGBTQ+ needs are being met by the GMCA. With that goal in mind, they would like to invite you to respond to this initial survey to help them set up this group. If you have any questions, please email lgbtequalitypanel@lgbt.foundation To fill in the survey, please click here | 11/01/23 | 27/01/23 | |
| Police Funding 2023/24 | Greater Manchester Police | A consultation has been launched on the funding for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in 2023/24. Funding for the police comes both directly from a central Government grant (74%) and from the police precept (26%). It is proposed that the police precept will be raised by £1.25 per month for the average Band D property and 83p per month for the average Band A property. For more information and to complete the survey, please click here | 11/01/23 | 25/01/23 | |
| Greater Manchester Information Strategy – Delivery Plan Consultation | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Information is part of everyone's lives - it affects the choices we make, the actions we | 21/01/2023 | ||
National Consultations and Surveys | |||||
| Title | Lead Organisation | Summary | Start Date | Closing Date | Feedback |
| UK Clinical Guidelines for Alcohol Treatment | Office for Health Improvement and Disparities | This consultation is seeking views on the first ever UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment. For more information and to complete the consultation, click here. | 16/10/23 | 08/12/23 | |
| Creating a Smokefree Generation and Tackling Youth Vaping | Department of Health and Social Care | This consultation covers proposed actions that the UK government and devolved administrations will take to address smoking and youth vaping. For more information and to complete the consultation, click here. | 12/10/23 | 06/12/23 | |
| Child Sexual Abuse: Mandatory Reporting | Home Office | The Home Office have launched a consultation seeking views on their proposals for a mandatory reporting duty in child sexual abuse cases and related policy issues. For more information and to complete the consultation, click here. | 02/11/23 | 30/11/23 | |
| Wet Wipes Containing Plastic: Proposed Ban on Manufacture, Supply, and Sale | Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs | The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs have launched a consultation on the proposal to ban the manufacture, supply, and sale of wet wipes containing plastic in the UK. The aim is to reduce plastic and microplastic pollution in UK waters. For more information and to complete the consultation, please click here. | 14/10/23 | 25/11/23 | |
| Design Standards for Accessible Railway Stations | Department for Transport | The Department for Transport have launched a consultation on how the code of practice on design standards for accessible railway stations can be improved. For more information and to complete the consultation, please click here. | 23/08/23 | 01/12/23 | |
| Pre-Employment Checks for Health and Care Volunteers | Department of Health and Social Care | The Government have launched a consultation seeking views on their proposal to to remove the need to obtain a full employment history when appointing health and care volunteers. For more information and to complete the consultation, please click here. | 19/09/23 | 18/11/23 | |
| Improving the Lives of People with ME/CFS | Department of Health and Social Care | The Government have developed a plan to support people who live with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The Government have launched a consultation to seek views on this plan. For more information and to complete this consultation, please click here. | 04/09/23 | 30/10/23 | |
| Police Community Scrutiny Panels | Home Office | The Home Office have launched a consultation on a draft community scrutiny framework and how local scrutiny processes can be improved to help police serve communities more effectively. For more information and to complete this consultation, please click here. | 31/08/23 | 19/10/23 | |
| Disability Action 2023/24 | Disability Unit | The Disability Unit are seeking views on the proposed Disability Action Plan and the new areas for action it includes. For more information and to complete the consultation, please click here. | 18/07/23 | 06/10/23 | |
| Consultation on the Consumer Standards | Regulator of Social Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has launched a consultation on a new set of standards for all social landlords, designed to protect tenants and improve the service they receive. Social landlords (including councils and housing associations) already need to comply with standards set by RSH, and take action if they fail to do so. The proposed standards will:
The consultation on the consumer standards is running for 12 weeks, and closes on 17 October. | 25/07/2023 | 17/10/2023 | |
| Inspecting Supported Accommodation – Consultation on Proposals | OFSTED | This consultation seeks views on OFSTED’s proposals for the inspections of supported accommodation for Looked After Children and Care Leavers aged 16-17. Their proposals are:
For more information and to complete the consultation, click here | 10/07/23 | 08/09/23 | |
| Working Together to Safeguard Children: Changes to statutory guidance | Department for Education | This consultation seeks views on revisions to the statutory guidance on ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’. This is the multi-agency statutory guidance for that sets out expectations for the system that provides help, support and protection for children and their families. It applies at every level from senior leaders to those in direct practice with families, and across all agencies and organisations that come into contact with children. For more information and to complete the consultation, click here | 21/06/23 | 06/09/23 | |
| Visiting in care homes, hospitals, and hospices | Department of Health and Social Care | This consultation seeks views on visiting in health and care settings in order to make visiting rules mandatory for the good of service users. The DHSC wants to ensure that visiting (including accompanying people to hospital appointments) is protected and that it remains a priority for health and care providers so that patients and residents can receive visitors whenever it is reasonable and safe. For more information and complete the consultation, click here | 21/06/23 | 16/08/23 | |
| Best Value Duty Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities | Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities | This consultation seeks views on statutory guidance for local authorities on the Best Value Duty. The guidance describes to local authorities what constitutes best value, the standards expected by the DHLUHC, and models of intervention if authorities fail to uphold the duty. For more information and to complete the consultation, click here | 04/07/23 | 15/08/23 | |
| Changes in Post-Inspection Work and Complaints Handling | Ofsted | This is a consultation on proposed changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection arrangements, including how they handle complaints about their work. We propose to:
| 12/06/23 | 15/09/23 | |
| Exchange of sexual relations for accommodation (‘sex for rent’) | Home Office | ‘Sex for rent’ is an arrangement where someone offers or provides accommodation for free or at a discount in exchange for sexual relations with the person using the accommodation. This public consultation invites views on the issue of sex for rent, the effectiveness of existing legislation and whether there is a case for a bespoke criminal offence. The consultation seeks the views of those who have been involved in a sex for rent arrangement, whether they entered into it in an informed and consensual way or were deceived, coerced or compelled. To complete the consultation and for more information, please click here | 21/04/23 | 30/06/23 | |
| Regulator of Social Housing – equality objectives | Regulator of Social Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing published its first set of equality objectives in July 2020, following a consultation. Those objectives focussed on the point at which it interacts with tenants and the public; how it communicates; and its organisational culture. It is proposing three new equality objectives which focus on the robustness and quality of equality data in the sector; how it communicates; and the culture of its organisation. Private registered providers, local authority registered providers, tenants, lenders and other interested stakeholders are invited to give feedback on whether they think the proposed objectives meet the RSH’s obligations under the Equality Act, and if appropriate activity has been identified to help achieve the overall objective.To complete the consultation and for more information, please click here | 25/04/23 | 30/06/23 | |
| Community safety partnerships review and anti-social behaviour powers | Home Office | On 27 March 2023 the government launched the Anti-social behaviour Action Plan which focuses on making communities safer and sets out the government response to tackle antisocial behaviour robustly. This consultation forms part of the Anti-social behaviour Action Plan. In addressing community safety partnerships (CSPs), this consultation forms part one of the CSP review, which was announced in 2022 following the conclusion of part two of the police and crime commissioner (PCC) review. The purpose of the consultation is to: · seek views on the relationship between CSPs and PCCs, with the aim of enhancing the accountability model of CSPs· consider how CSPs and PCCs work together to tackle antisocial behaviour, with the aim of strengthening this co-operative working. This consultation considers the expansion of antisocial behaviour powers, and whether amendments are required to ensure they are being used effectively. To complete the consultation and for more information, please click here | 06/04/23 | 22/05/23 | |
| Stable Homes Built on Love, Children’s Social Care Reform | Department for Education | This consultation is seeking views on proposals to reform children’s social care. The Stable Home, Built on Love, Strategy and Consultation responds to recommendations made by three independent reviews. The Department of Education is seeking views on their proposed response to various recommendations, including:
| 02/02/23 | 11/05/23 | |
| Schools: Use of Reasonable Force and Restrictive Practices | Department for Education | The Government are seeking to understand how reasonable force, restraint and restrictive practices are used in schools to inform revisions to guidance. The Government has committed to minimising the use of restraint in all schools and in instances where restraint is necessary and lawful, to support school to use it as safely as possible. The Department for Education have launched a call for evidence to understand more about the use of reasonable force, physical restraint and restrictive practices in schools. Your views will help to inform revisions to existing guidance to ensure all schools are calm, safe and supportive environments in which pupils and staff can work in safety and are respected. To provide your views, please click here | 16/02/23 | 11/05/23 | |
| Children’s Social Care National Framework and Dashboard | Department for Education | The Government are seeking views on the Children's Social Care National Framework (National Framework) and the Children's Social Care Dashboard (Dashboard). These describes the purpose, principles and outcomes for children’s social care and provides clarity on what local authorities should achieve and how they should start to understand their progress towards those outcomes. The Department for Education are seeking views on these outcomes, enablers and indicators, and would like to hear from across the sector and from children, young people and families. To provide your views, please click here | 02/02/23 | 11/05/23 | |
| National Police Code of Ethics | College of Policing | The College of Policing is conducting a national public consultation to gather views to inform the development of the revised Code of Ethics Framework. The Code of Ethics sets out how the police works together and with the public, so they can keep people safe. It provides a framework to guide the actions taken and decisions made by police officers, police staff, special constables and volunteers every day. For more information and to provide your views, please click here | 06/03/23 | 28/04/23 | |
| Employment: Draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-Engagement | Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy | This consultation is seeking views on the draft Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement. The Code sets out employers’ responsibilities when seeking to change employment terms and conditions, if there is the prospect of dismissal and re-engagement. It requires employers to consult staff and explore alternative options, without using the threat of dismissal to pressure employees to agree new terms. This is an opportunity for all interested individuals and groups to review the draft Code, consider its provisions and provide their views on it. The consultation will remain open for twelve weeks. The Government will analyse all submissions, and take the views expressed into account before publishing a response and final version of the Code in due course. To complete the consultation and read the draft Code, please click here | 24/01/23 | 18/04/23 | |
| Introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for products high in fat, salt or sugar: secondary legislation | Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport | In response to previous consultations (an initial consultation in 2019 and a second consultation in 2020), government published a formal consultation response on advertising restrictions for high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products. This response announced the UK wide policy will: - introduce simultaneously a 9pm TV watershed for HFSS products and a restriction of paid-for HFSS advertising online - include all on-demand programme services (ODPS) under the jurisdiction of the UK, and therefore regulated by Ofcom, in the TV watershed for HFSS advertising - include non-UK regulated ODPS in the restriction of paid-for HFSS advertising online because they are outside UK jurisdiction As outlined in the consultation response, certain elements of the policy will be taken forward in secondary legislation. These regulations will be made under new powers in the Communications Act 2003, which was amended by the Health and Care Act 2022. Government is now seeking feedback on our draft regulations from those with an interest in these regulations and who will have to comply with them. The aim of this consultation is to gather views on the specific text in the regulations to ensure these are fit for purpose. To complete the consultation, please click here | 09/12/22 | 31/03/23 | |
| Charities: Use of Social Media | Charity Commission | The Charity Commission are consulting on draft guidance for charities on their use of social media. Their casework suggests that some trustees have limited oversight of their charities’ use of social media compared to other aspects of their communication and engagement strategy. This might be due to a lack of confidence or understanding, or because uptake of social media has developed through staff or volunteers. It is important that there is an appropriate shared understanding of the charity’s use of social media and the particular risks it can bring. The aim of this guidance is to help trustees improve this understanding, and to encourage charities to adopt a policy on social media as a way to set their charity’s approach. The Commission would like feedback during the consultation period on how the guidance currently stands and how it can be improved. The guidance is relevant to charities in England and Wales, whether or not they are registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. This survey is now closed. | 17/01/23 | 14/03/23 | |
| Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: Reforms to National Planning Policy | Ministry of Justice | This consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposed approach to updating to the National Planning Policy Framework. They are also seeking views on their proposed approach to preparing National Development Management Policies, how they might develop policy to support levelling up, and how national planning policy is currently accessed by users. This survey is now closed. | 22/12/22 | 02/03/23 | |
| The Building Safety Levy: Consultation | Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities | This consultation seeks views on the design and implementation of the Building Safety Levy. The Levy will be paid by developers and charged on new residential buildings requiring building control approval in England, for the purpose of meeting building safety expenditure. The levy was announced in February 2021 and will ensure the taxpayer and leaseholders do not pay for the necessary remediation of building safety defects. The consultation covers the following areas:
| 22/11/22 | 07/02/23 | |
| Veterans’ Survey | Office for Veterans’ Affairs | The Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are carrying out this important survey. It covers a range of topics related to the circumstances and lifestyles of people who have left the UK Armed Forces. These people are commonly known as veterans. The UK Government wants to make the UK the best place for veterans to live by 2028. Change has already started. For the first time, the Census counted UK Armed Forces veterans. We need to find out more. By taking part in this survey, you will help us to produce statistics about the lives of the UK Armed Forces community, veterans, and their families. Government departments, public bodies and charities will use the anonymous findings from this survey to make plans. This is your unique opportunity to tell us about your experiences. Your responses will provide information not available from any other sources. Do not miss your chance to have your say. This survey is now closed. | 02/02/23 | ||
| Introducing Regulations for Supported Accommodation Provision | Department for Education | The number of children currently in unregulated settings has increased from 2,900 in 2009 to 6,050 in 2021. The Department for Education want to ensure these placements are good quality and that young people get the support they need in these settings as they develop their independence in preparation for adult life and leaving the care system. This consultation invites views on:
This survey is now closed. | 05/12/22 | 16/01/23 | |
| Hewitt Review: Governance of Integrated Care Systems | Department of Health and Social Care | The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has appointed the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt to consider the oversight and governance of integrated care systems (ICSs). The review will consider how the oversight and governance of ICSs can best enable them to succeed, balancing greater autonomy and robust accountability. It will have a particular focus on real time data shared digitally with the Department of Health and Social Care, and on the availability and use of data across the health and care system for transparency and improvement. The Department of Health and Social Care are therefore launching a call for evidence to gather views from across the health and social care system, as well as from patients, the public, and the wider voluntary sector. | 13/12/23 | 09/01/23 | |
| Implementing the Nationality and Borders Act 2022: Amendments to Tribunal Fees | Ministry of Justice | The implementation of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 will introduce new forms of appeal routes in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier and Upper Tribunal. To support these new changes, this consultation proposes making 2 minor reforms to the tribunal fees structure that operates in the IAC. These changes are to:
This survey is now closed. | 23/11/22 | 04/01/23 | |