Question follow-through · 20129
Unitary Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what the evidential basis is that unitary councils save mo
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what the evidential basis is that unitary councils save mo
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Case For Local Government Reorganisation in the English Devolution White Paper, states “In 2020 a PwC report, “Evaluating the importance of scale in proposals for local government reorganisation”, for the County Councils Network, estimated that reorga...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Government: Reorganisation
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of local government reorganisation in Essex.
A1331: Finance
28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on allocating funding for the proposed A1331 link road.
Elections: Essex
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his decision for postpone the Mayoral election in Essex, if he will make an estimate of the cost to local authorities of the preparations for that election, including