United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 50866
Local Government: Reorganisation
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8 May 2025
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14 May 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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8 May 2025
Written question
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.
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14 May 2025
Answer
The 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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-08/50866
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1800906
- uk · wq-1800906 · source updated 14 May 2025