Question follow-through · 34871

Local Government: Devolution and Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question HL4177 on Local Government: Devolution and Elections, whether advice from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Engl

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question HL4177 on Local Government: Devolution and Elections, whether advice from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Engl

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Local Government Boundary Commission England (LGBCE) is responsible for electoral reviews for local government, reviewing wards, and setting the council size in terms of number of councillors. When a full electoral review of a newly established author...

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Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners: Essex

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Radicalism

4 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 26476 to Community Development: Radicalism, whether her Department’s policy of non-engagement applies to (a) representation

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Embassies: Planning Permission

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Licensing Laws

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New Towns

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Local Government: Reorganisation

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Darlington Economic Campus

6 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many days each of her departmental Ministers has spent working at the Darlington Campus since 5 July 2024.

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New Towns

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