Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 50866
Local Government: Reorganisation
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 14 May 2025
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria she plans to use to assess local government reorganisation proposals which fall below the 500,000 population threshold.
Answer
Jim McMahonThe English Devolution White Paper, and the Statutory Invitation set a guiding principle that new unitary councils should have a population size of 500,000 or more. This is not a hard target and it is recognised that there should be flexibility, especiall...
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