Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken with local communities to organise celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

On 6 January 2022, the Secretary of State wrote to all local authority leaders and chief executives in the United Kingdom to outline how councils may wish to support their communities in celebrating Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The letter specifically referenced Street Parties, the Big Jubilee Lunch, Beacon Lighting, events in local authority owned amenities, the use of the Platinum Jubilee Emblem, The Queen’s Green Canopy, the City Status Competition, local pageants, and broadcasting in public spaces of the television feed of the celebrations. The letter provided councils with links to further information and guidance in support of any plans which they may wish to make.

The letter also encouraged councils to promote the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's Platinum Jubilee website. This website features an interactive events map, to which people and organisations can add their own Jubilee themed events, thereby making it easier to identify and promote events running locally.

On 4 October 2021 the Department updated its guidance on organising street parties; in his letter of 6 January the Secretary of State recommended that street parties be encouraged and suggested that relaxing road closure rules would be important to make it as easy as possible for street parties to take place.

The Department issues a daily Local Government Bulletin to council leaders, chief executives and senior officials. This has regularly included items on Jubilee events and guidance and will continue to do so in the coming months.