Question follow-through · 77939
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether shadow council elections will operate on existing ward boundaries.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Leasehold: Ground Rent · 10 Oct 2025
- Housing: Sales · 10 Oct 2025
- Home Ownership: Essex · 10 Oct 2025
- First Time Buyers: Ground Rent · 10 Oct 2025
- Help to Buy Scheme: Essex · 10 Oct 2025
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether shadow council elections will operate on existing ward boundaries.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Oct 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to ending two-tier local government in England in this Parliament, and to move to new structures as soon as possible, including elections to new unitary councils in May 2027 in areas other than Surrey. The government has not ye...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Leasehold: Ground Rent
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of leaseholders who are affected by escalating ground rent clauses in (a) Essex and (b) the UK.
Housing: Sales
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeowners in Essex unable to sell properties due to mortgage lenders refusing to lend to prospective buyers due to ground
Home Ownership: Essex
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of Essex homeowners in financial hardship due to escalating ground rent clauses.
First Time Buyers: Ground Rent
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-time buyers in (a) Essex and (b) the UK unable to purchase homes due to ground rent escalator clauses.
Help to Buy Scheme: Essex
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Essex who have been able to successfully utilise the help to buy scheme.
Shared Ownership Schemes: Essex
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Essex who have a shared ownership property which are subject to ground rent escalator clauses.
Timesharing: Regulation
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 72662 on Timesharing: Regulation, whether this guidance applies to fractional ownership schemes as well as shared ownershi
Housing: South Basildon and East Thurrock
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the affordability of housing in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
Private Rented Housing: South Basildon and East Thurrock
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of house prices in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency on rental affordability in the local private rented sector.
Housing: Prices
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in house prices in the East of England in the last 10 years.
Owner Occupation: South Basildon and East Thurrock
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the average age in which people in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency are able to purchase their first home.
Owner Occupation: South Basildon and East Thurrock
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with mortgage lenders on their role in supporting home ownership in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.