Question follow-through · 100573
Local Government: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what oversight his Department will provide to ensure that (a) borough and (b) district councils do not take on significant costs during local government reorganisation in Surrey.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what oversight his Department will provide to ensure that (a) borough and (b) district councils do not take on significant costs during local government reorganisation in Surrey.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 99016 on 19 December 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will review self-regulatory arrangements for retirement housing management.
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Local Government Finance: Surrey
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Special Educational Needs: Surrey
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to support councils in Surrey in managing projected SEND deficits beyond 2026–27.
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