Question follow-through · 83671

Elections: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the leader of Surrey County Council on the timetable for county council elections in Surrey.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
23 Oct 2025
Answer
23 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the leader of Surrey County Council on the timetable for county council elections in Surrey.

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Surrey is pursuing local government reorganisation to an accelerated timetable. A decision on which proposal to implement will be announced shortly to Parliament, now the House has returned from the conference recess, and will be shared with Surrey Counci...

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