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Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, What is her Department's policy on allowing residents of a newly formed strategic authority to vote on governance changes.

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
4 Sept 2026 · 7 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 is her Department's policy on allowing residents of a newly formed strategic authority to vote on governance changes.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    There is no statutory provision for a local referendum on the governance arrangements of a combined authority or combined county authority. A strategic authority's members are councillors appointed by its constituent councils and accountable to their loca...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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