Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 26695

Local Government: Constituencies

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity available at the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to draft electoral boundaries for new un

Answer

Jim McMahon
My department is liaising closely with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England so that they are involved at the appropriate time to ensure fair electoral arrangements across the area of any new unitary local authorities.