Question follow-through · 20214

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received in relation to the thresholds for transparency on severance payments as a part of unitary restructuring.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received in relation to the thresholds for transparency on severance payments as a part of unitary restructuring.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Department has engaged with a wide range of local government stakeholders and trade unions on local government reorganisation staffing matters, including the Association for Local Authority Chief Executives (ALACE), who raised with the Department thei...

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