Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 105383

Devolution: Cornwall

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Paul Holmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87325 on Devolution: Cornwall, if he will make it his policy to rule out the creation of a single strategic authority consi

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh

The government’s strong preference is for partnerships that bring more than one local authority together over a large geography to form a combined or combined county authority. By exception, the government will consider non-mayoral devolution arrangements...

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