Question follow-through · 101204
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he briefed leaders of upper-tier local authorities on the Government’s decision to postpone mayoral elections in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he briefed leaders of upper-tier local authorities on the Government’s decision to postpone mayoral elections in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
I spoke to leaders in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent and Sussex and Brighton following the announcement of funding and next steps for the devolution agreements that are being developed through the Devolution Priority Programm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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