Question follow-through · 26969

Local Government: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) evidence, (b) analysis and (c) financial modelling underpinning the decision to create four unitary authorities in Hertfordshire.

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 Sept 2026
Target answer date: 8 Sept 2026
Answer: 8 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) evidence, (b) analysis and (c) financial modelling underpinning the decision to create four unitary authorities in Hertfordshire.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The proposals and supporting evidence submitted by councils formed the primary basis for assessment, alongside official analysis. Officials drew on sector benchmarking data, evidence from previous reorganisations, Government appraisal guidance and departm...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading