Question follow-through · 15745
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department holds an estimate on the average unit cost of a local government by-election.
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 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department holds an estimate on the average unit cost of a local government by-election.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jul 2026
Answer published
The funding of costs necessarily incurred for the delivery of local government by-elections is a matter for local authorities. The Government does not hold information on the average unit cost of a local government by-election.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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