Have Your Say: Local and Central Government Consultations

This page lists some of the current consultations (unless otherwise stated consultations finish at 23:59 on the date indicated).

To explore other consultations you can look to these two links:

Bracknell Forest at: https://consult.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/kse/

National Consultations at: https://www.gov.uk/search/policy-papers-and-consultations?content_store_document_type%5B%5D=open_consultations&order=updated-newest

If there are other consultations that you know of that should be included, or you want to be kept informed of certain topics, please get in touch with Bob Miller at bob.miller@ntlworld.com.

Local Consultations
Consultation	Description	Closing Date
Parks Satisfaction Survey	To collect feedback from residents and visitors about Bracknell Forest parks and open spaces.	31 December 2029 3:17PM
Notice of Publication of the Statement of Licensing Policy Principles under S.349 of The Gambling Act 2005	Bracknell Forest Council, along with all other licensing authorities, are required to prepare, adopt and publish a Statement of Licensing Policy Principles (hereafter known as the Statement) setting the approach to applications under the Gambling Act 2005 (hereafter known as The Act) and the information applicants are expected to provide.	06 December 2024
Admission Arrangements 2026.27	When an admission authority wants to make changes to their admission arrangements they must consult to ensure all views are heard. Bracknell Forest Council is consulting on the following: Proposed change to reduce the Published Admission Number (PAN) for Owlsmoor Primary School from 90 to 60.	16/12/2024 05:00PM
Do you live in the town centre?	Bracknell Forest Council, in partnership with the NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board, has launched the thriving communities programme. The pilot area is Bracknell town centre. This survey will help us understand the views of those that live in the town centre. The programme aims to empower communities to increase their wellbeing and health. We want to involve the community from the start and work in a co-productive way. This means that residents will have a direct input in the decision making, and be able to benefit from the results.	26/12/2024 12:06PM
Local Transport Plan 4 Consultation	We are updating our Local Transport Plan (LTP), which sets out the transport needs, challenges, priorities, and objectives for the borough. It will shape future transport schemes and development, aligning with the Local Plan which sets out housing growth for 2037. Our vision is to develop a sustainable and resilient transport network that reduces carbon and provides choice and access for all in a safe and healthy environment, making Bracknell Forest a desirable place to live, work and grow. We have produced a draft document, on which we are now seeking your views from now until Monday 30th December 2024.	30/12/2024 12:00AM
Parent/carer of autistic children and young people survey	Bracknell Forest are co-producing, together with health and social care professionals, the voluntary and community sector and autistic residents in the borough, an All-Age Integrated Autism Strategy. This strategy will help inform the work we do with autistic children, young people and adults who live in Bracknell Forest. We are keen to learn from parents of autistic children and young people, what support currently works for them and identify if there is any support they don’t currently have that would help them to support their child.	30/12/2024 12:00AM
Disability - Tell Us survey	The Disability Access Advisory Panel would like to hear from adults across the borough who have a disability or long-term health conditions. We would like to know about your experiences of living in Bracknell Forest and how accessible you find the borough and local support services. The views of residents provide insights that can help shape better support services in communities and inform the future work of the Disability Access Advisory Panel.	31/12/2024 11:50PM
School Attendance Strategy	Bracknell Forest and its partners recognises the need for a clear strategy regarding school attendance and we are consulting to ensure that everyone can provide feedback, offer suggestions, and inform the final school attendance strategy. On 6th May 2022, the Department for Education released new guidance “Working together to improve school attendance” to help schools, trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities maintain high levels of school attendance and improve consistency of support. This became statutory from 19th August 2024. The strategy will include the roles & responsibilities for parents/carers, schools and academies, local authorities and academy trust boards ad governing bodies of maintained schools.	17/01/2025 09:21AM
UK Government Consultations
Consultation	Description	Closing Date
Making Work Pay: Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay	This consultation forms part of government’s commitment to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay, as part of the plan to Make Work Pay, an ambitious agenda to ensure workplace rights are fit for a modern economy, empower working people and deliver economic growth.	4 December 2024 2024
Healthy Start for families with no recourse to public funds (easy read)	We want to find out what people think about whether Healthy Start should be given to families who cannot use the scheme because: • their immigration status does not allow it • they have no recourse to public funds No recourse to public funds means that someone cannot always get money from the government. We would like to hear from people who: • need permission to enter or stay in the UK but do not have it. Permission to enter or stay in the UK is when the government says that someone can live in the UK • have permission to enter or stay in the UK but they have no recourse to public funds • have permission to enter or stay in the UK with a maintenance undertaking. A maintenance undertaking is when someone else has said they can support a person who is moving to the UK with money and housing • have an interest in Healthy Start, no recourse to public funds, or immigration status because of their work • other members of the public	13 December 2024 2024
Tackling modern slavery in NHS procurement: proposed regulations and guidance	It is the government’s view that the NHS has a significant role to play in combatting modern slavery through taking steps to ensure that NHS supply chains and business activities are free from ethical and labour standards abuses.	13 February 2025
Other Consultations
Reforming the Right to Buy	Right to Buy is an integral way for social tenants to get on the property ladder; many of whom may not otherwise be able to access home ownership. However, reform of Right to Buy is essential to better protect much-needed social housing stock, boost council capacity and build more social homes than we lose, supporting the government’s commitment to deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.	15 January 2025
Pensions Investment Review: Unlocking the UK pensions market for growth	The consultation sets out proposals to legislate for a minimum size and maximum number of Defined Contribution (DC) pension scheme default funds. These measures will enable the DC market to move to fewer, larger funds which are better placed to invest in productive assets and more able to deliver greater returns for members.	16 January 2025
Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Fit for the future	This consultation seeks views on proposals designed to strengthen the management of Local Government Pension Scheme investments. The proposals relate to the topics of asset pooling, local and regional investment, and scheme governance.	16 January 2025
Teachers’ Pension Scheme regulations: 2024 proposed amendments	Changes to the TPS regulations are necessary to adjust the member contribution rates following the most recent valuation and to update the existing Fair Deal provisions to include further education colleges.	16 January 2025
Consultation on Medical Devices Regulations: Routes to market and in vitro diagnostic devices	The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is inviting members of the public to provide their views on proposals to update the regulatory framework for medical devices. We welcome the views of patients, medical device researchers, developers, manufacturers and suppliers, clinicians, other healthcare professionals and the wider public on four areas: International reliance UKCA marking In vitro diagnostic devices Assimilated EU law	5 January 2025