Question follow-through · 86225
Combined Authorities
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to mayoral combined authorities that cannot find a constituent member to consent to be nominated as a deputy mayor.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to mayoral combined authorities that cannot find a constituent member to consent to be nominated as a deputy mayor.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department has not issued any guidance to Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) to cover the circumstances where the Mayor cannot find a constituent member to act as their statutory deputy mayor. This situation has not arisen to date and no authority ha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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