Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 86225
Combined Authorities
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to mayoral combined authorities that cannot find a constituent member to consent to be nominated as a deputy mayor.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThe Department has not issued any guidance to Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) to cover the circumstances where the Mayor cannot find a constituent member to act as their statutory deputy mayor. This situation has not arisen to date and no authority ha...
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