Question follow-through · 97317
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, published on 26 November, HC 1492, on what evidential basis she estimated the saving arising from the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners and re-organising local gov
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, published on 26 November, HC 1492, on what evidential basis she estimated the saving arising from the abolition of Police and Crime Commissioners and re-organising local gov
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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12 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to cutting the cost of politics. The figures were calculated based on estimated savings from the potential reduction in local councillors through local government reorganisation and from the abolition of Police and Crime Commis...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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