Question follow-through · 101658

Council of the Nations and Regions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Council of Nations and Regions’ programme of work will consider fiscal devolution.

answeredTreasury

About this written question

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
9 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Council of Nations and Regions’ programme of work will consider fiscal devolution.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The United Kingdom Government regularly considers how fiscal devolution arrangements are working in practice, taking into account the views of a range of stakeholders.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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