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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has made on establishing local co-ordination centres to mitigate disruption to logistics as a result of the covid-19 outbreak throughout the UK.

Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) are the principal mechanisms at the local level in England for planning multi-agency responses to mitigate disruption from emergencies. During an emergency, LRFs can stand up Strategic Coordination Groups (SCGs) to enhance coordination. Since early February?there has been?regular?contact?between MHCLG and?LRFs?in England?to manage the response to?Covid-19.??This?has included?involvement?in Strategic Coordination Groups?held by each?LRF, weekly calls with LRF Chairs?and individual engagement with LRFs by Ministers and senior officials.?The devolved administrations are responsible for establishing local co-ordination centres within their areas.