Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98136

Local Government: Surrey

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal DemocratSurrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial sustainability of the proposed West Surrey unitary authority.

Answer

Alison McGovern
As set out to the House on 28 October, we considered the two proposals for unitary local government received from Surrey councils on 9 May together with the responses to the consultation, representations and all other relevant information. In our judgemen...

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