Question follow-through · 29699
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that town and parish councils are in place prior to the abolition of district and borough councils.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that town and parish councils are in place prior to the abolition of district and borough councils.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
The English Devolution White Paper was clear that we know people value the role of governance at the community scale. All levels of local government have a part to play in bringing improved structures to their area through reorganisation. We will therefor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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