Question follow-through · 97447
Local Government: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of the 2026 Greater Essex mayoral election on the interim voting arrangements for the combined county auth
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of the 2026 Greater Essex mayoral election on the interim voting arrangements for the combined county auth
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
Following Ministerial and official consideration, we are minded to hold inaugural mayoral elections for the four Devolution Priority Programme places that are also undertaking local government reorganisation – including Greater Essex – in May 2028 rather ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Government Finance: Essex
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Local Plans
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of speeding up local plan adoption on annual housing supply in each of the next five years.
Local Plans: Green Belt
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new local plan-making system on protections for Green Belt land.
Local Plans: Green Belt
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities will be required to publish assessments of Green Belt and Grey Belt release as part of their evidence base during plan preparation.
Local Plans: Green Belt
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to intervene in local plans that release large amounts of green belt land.
Housing: Brownfield Sites
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of available brownfield land to meet local housing needs.
Green Belt
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to issue additional guidance to ensure local communities have sufficient opportunity to challenge grey belt land designations.
Green Belt
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent local authorities from reclassifying green belt land as grey belt to meet housing targets.
Local Government: Elections
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his Department's analysis of any legal obligations owed by the Government to proceed with mayoral elections in (a) Greater Essex and (b) other areas in which 2
Public Lavatories: Disability
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to issue guidance to local authorities to ensure that Changing Places toilets are included as standard in major town-centre redevelopments.
Public Lavatories: Disability
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local regeneration schemes comply with equality duty by providing adequate facilities for people with complex disabilities, such as Changin
Public Lavatories: Disability
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase the number of Changing Places toilets; and what plans he has to set minimum provision requirements for large public venues.