Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.1 of the report of the Ministerial Envoys to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to Ministers, published on 9 July 2025, what assessment the Ministerial Envoys have made of the potential impact of the council not renewing long-term leases for community groups in relation to (a) The Old Ship pub in Limehouse, (b) the Bethnal Green Boxing Club, (c) Millwall Rugby Club, (d) Mudchute Farm, (e) Stifford Centre, (f) Glamis Hall and (g) the Attlee Centre on community relations.

The statutory intervention in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets put in place a team of Ministerial Envoys to work comprehensively within the Council to oversee and support its work to improve. This includes supporting the Council’s work to improve the openness and transparency of its decision making.

The Ministerial Envoys do not take or assess the impact of decisions relating to specific cases; the responsibility for which remains with the Council.