Current National Consultations

Please see below a list of current consultations that may be of interest from Central Government.

Consultations

• Construction Products Green Paper - closes 21 May

• Local authority funding reform - Resetting the business rates retention system - closes 02 June
• On 7 April, the government launched a consultation on the government’s proposals to help ensure that sick and disabled people have the same opportunities to work as anyone else. The government is urging those likely to be affected by the changes – either individually or through disability charities and organisations – to have their say through the consultation, ensuring their views help shape the proposed changes. The consultation closes on 30 June.
• On 24 April, the government encouraged men of all ages to come forward and feed into England’s first ever men’s health strategy. The 12-week call for evidence will gather vital insights from the public, health and social care professionals, academics and employers so the government can consider how to prevent and tackle the biggest issues facing men from all backgrounds. It will ask for their views on what is working and what more needs to be done to close the life expectancy gap between men and women, as men in England die nearly four years earlier than women on average. The call for evidence will seek responses on how the government’s Plan for Change can work across the board to improve the health and wellbeing of men, through: Prevention – finding the right areas and the right ways to promote healthier behaviours, Diagnosis and treatment – improving outcomes for health conditions that hit men harder, Encouragement to come forward – improving men’s access to, engagement with and experience of the health service. In women’s health, the government is taking action to tackle gynaecology waiting lists through the Elective Reform Plan, investing in a major AI breast cancer screening trial and taking wider government action to tackle violence against women and girls. The call for evidence will be open until 17 July. The government aims to launch the men’s health strategy later this year.
• Local authority funding reform – Resetting the business rates retention system – closes 2 June
• Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales – Access and Fairness – closes 7 August