Question follow-through · 59034
Combined Authorities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing funding to newly formed combined authorities on public services.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing funding to newly formed combined authorities on public services.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
Combined authorities have limited involvement in the day-to-day running of most public services but are able to use their convening powers to bring partners together to improve delivery across public services in their area. The majority of combined author...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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