Question follow-through · 36689
Unitary Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on doughnut-sized unitary local authorities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
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- Byelaws · 11 Mar 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation · 11 Mar 2025
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on doughnut-sized unitary local authorities.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The English Devolution White Paper announced a programme of local government reorganisation for two-tier areas, and set out that Government will also facilitate reorganisation for those unitary councils where there is evidence of failure or where their si...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Byelaws
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation
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Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants
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Neighbourhood Plans: Contracts
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