Question follow-through · 73143
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the cost to the public purse of funds spent by local authorities on public persuasion on local government reorganisation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
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- Park Homes: Sales · 8 Dec 2025
- Local Government Finance: Woking · 18 Dec 2025
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the cost to the public purse of funds spent by local authorities on public persuasion on local government reorganisation.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
The government’s invitation to councils is clear on the importance of local engagement in the development of proposals. It is for councils to decide how to do this, including what resource is used, and the department does not hold information on this. Loc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to review the requirement for park home residents to pay a 10 per cent commission to site owners upon the sale of their home.
Fixed Penalties
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider consulting on increasing Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) which have not increased since their introduction in 2004.
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8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 69040 on Park Homes: Sales, when he plans to seek further evidence from the sector on the rationale for the commission.
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Council Tax: Debt Collection
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