Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 87782

Local Government: Reorganisation

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 28 October 2025, HCWS998, on Local government reorganisation, and with reference to the debt write-off of Woking Borough Council, wheth

Answer

Alison McGovern
In general, as with previous rounds of local government reorganisation, there is no proposal for council debt to be addressed centrally or written off as part of reorganisation. Alongside Woking Borough Council, and as I set out on 13 October, Thurrock Co...
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