Question follow-through · 62329
Unitary Councils: Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what evidence she will use to decide on the composition of unitary councils in Cambridgeshire.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what evidence she will use to decide on the composition of unitary councils in Cambridgeshire.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
New unitary councils must be the right size to achieve efficiencies, improve capacity and withstand financial shocks. The population size of 500,000 or more – as set out in the invitation and in the English Devolution White Paper – is a guiding principle,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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