Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 22808

Combined Authorities: Elections

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 21 January 2025

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that candidates standing in combined authority elections are not also responsible for (a) setting up and (b) overseeing those authorities.

Answer

Jim McMahon
Under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, all local authorities who are to be constituent members of a combined authority must consent to the combined authority’s establishment. This does not disqualify any constituent loc...

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