Question follow-through · 117296
Local Government: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unitary local government restructuring in Surrey on the (a) number of town and parish councils and (b) band D parish precep
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unitary local government restructuring in Surrey on the (a) number of town and parish councils and (b) band D parish precep
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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16 Mar 2026
Answer published
Town and parish councils are not in scope for local government reorganisation and will continue to operate as they do now. The power to create and restructure town and parish councils is devolved to principal local authorities, which can review and make ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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