Question follow-through · 110704

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will have discretion following the implementation of electoral boundary changes to determine whether elections are held by thirds, halves, or all-out el

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 3 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 9 Feb 2026
Answer: 9 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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

More questions by this MP on Communities and local government

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Recorded timeline

3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will have discretion following the implementation of electoral boundary changes to determine whether elections are held by thirds, halves, or all-out el
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The legislation governing councils’ power to choose its own scheme of elections is set out in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. The legislation permits non-metropolitan district councils to choose to mo...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to local authorities was of providing social care to asylum seekers in each financial year since 2019-20 by (a) adults, (b) children in families and (c) unaccompani

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on (a) changes in local authority spending on social care for asylum seekers between 2019-20 and 2024-25 and (b) the reasons for those chang

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of local authority expenditure on asylum-related social care in 2025-26 and 2026-27.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of local authority spending on asylum-related social care was reimbursed by central government in each financial year since 2019-20.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of asylum-related social care costs on (a) council tax levels and (b) core service provision.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the ten local authorities which incurred the highest asylum-related social care costs in the 2024-25 financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce the concentration of asylum-related social care costs in a small number of local authorities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish regular forecasts of asylum-related social care costs incurred by local authorities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Asylum

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the leader of Kent County Council on the potential impact of delays in asylum decision-making contribute on local authority social care costs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Kevin Bentley

5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to question 109756 on 4 February 2026, for what reason he will not publish the representations received.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Government: Reorganisation

10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer given to Question UIN 106227 on 9 February 2026, what assessment he has made of whether the cost of restructuring councils is an indicator of the cost effe

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Local Government: Elections

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110704, whether the answer provided also applies to (a) Thurrock council and (b) other unitary authority councils.