Question follow-through · 900291

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of devolution on local economies.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
27 Aug 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
2 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of devolution on local economies.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to transferring power out of Westminster and into local communities, with landmark legislation to expand devolution across England, devolve further powers to local leaders, those with local knowledge and those with skin in the...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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