Question follow-through · 98458
Local Government: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide local authorities with flexibility in applying the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 2023 during periods of lo
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide local authorities with flexibility in applying the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act 2023 during periods of lo
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2025
Answer published
There is a suite of general continuity regulations for local government reorganisation made under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 which ensure smooth transfer to new unitary councils.These general regulations provide transit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Local Government: Elections
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an equality impact assessment on the postponement of local elections in 2026.
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