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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-08more like thismore than 2019-07-08
answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept id 7 more like this
answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
hansard heading Mayors: Cost Effectiveness more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 4 July (HL Deb, col 1524), what assessment they have made of (1) the comparative costs of directly elected mayoral systems and traditional systems of local government administration, and (2) whether directly elected mayoral systems represent value for money. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Grocott more like this
uin HL16984 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Government’s comparative assessment of the models of local governance is that only the mayoral model provides that single point of accountability necessary if significant powers and budgets are to be devolved to an area, and it is for local areas to decide whether such an arrangement would be of benefit and value to their local communities.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-18T15:23:38.48Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-18T15:23:38.48Z
answering member
4282
label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
tabling member
276
label Biography information for Lord Grocott more like this