Question follow-through · 50994
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for responding to submissions from local authorities in relation to local government reorganisation, received by 21 March 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for responding to submissions from local authorities in relation to local government reorganisation, received by 21 March 2025.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
The government’s invitation on 5 February 2025 to two-tier authorities asked them to develop interim plans by 21 March 2025 for local government reorganisation. All proposals will be assessed against all the criteria in the invitation.We are currently rev...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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