Question follow-through · 23599
Local Government: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to announce which local authorities have been selected for the devolution priority programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to announce which local authorities have been selected for the devolution priority programme.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
We received proposals from a number of local authorities on 10 January expressing interest in joining the Devolution Priority Programme. We are reviewing these at pace, and we hope to announce places on the Programme in the coming weeks.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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