Question follow-through · 51319
Mayors: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support mayors in cities in the North of England to (a) increase economic growth and (b) improve local infrastructure.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support mayors in cities in the North of England to (a) increase economic growth and (b) improve local infrastructure.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
Economic growth is the number one mission of this Government. We are giving local leaders, including mayors in cities in the North of England, the tools they need to improve local infrastructure and increase economic growth in their areas by devolving pow...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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