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Local Government: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the debate following her oral statement of 5 February 2025 on English Devolution and Local Government, Official Report, column 780, if she will meet the hon. Me

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the debate following her oral statement of 5 February 2025 on English Devolution and Local Government, Official Report, column 780, if she will meet the hon. Me

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    It is for Surrey councils to develop a proposal or proposals in line with the criteria and guidance set out in the invitation. This should include for Surrey, as an area covering a council in Best Value intervention, demonstrating how reorganisation may c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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