Written statement on Machinery of Government Changes: Home Buying Policy, Commonhold Law, and Protected Persons

Mrs Theresa May (Prime Minister): This written statement confirms three machinery of Government changes.

Responsibility for home buying policy, including estate agent regulation, will transfer from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Department for Communities and Local Government. Responsibility for commonhold law will transfer from the Ministry of Justice to the Department for Communities and Local Government. These changes will be effective immediately.

Responsibility for protected persons policy will transfer from the Ministry of Justice to the Home Office. This change will be effective immediately.