Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 99396

Local Government: Cornwall and Devon

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for introducing a Mayoral Combined Authority or Authorities for Devon, for Cornwall, or for Devon and Cornwall.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Devon and Torbay already benefit from devolution as a Combined County Authority and will be designated as a Foundation Strategic Authority once the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill becomes law. Further devolution in the South West will be...

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