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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2018-04-18more like thismore than 2018-04-18
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property answering dept id 7 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Housing, Communities and Local Government remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Housing, Communities and Local Government more like this
star this property hansard heading Unitary Councils more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for other unitary authorities of its requirement for the population of a unitary council at a minimum being substantially in excess of 300,000. remove filter
star this property tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse remove filter
star this property uin 136428 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2018-04-23more like thismore than 2018-04-23
star this property answer text <p>It is the statutory guidance, issued by the Secretary of State on 27 March 2018 under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, which states that a proposal for unitary local government should seek to achieve unitary authorities with populations as a minimum substantially in excess of 300,000.</p><p>The Secretary of State has issued this guidance, including on population size, having regard to past reorganisations, the Northamptonshire County Council Best Value Inspection Report of March 2018, and research, including that from the County Councils Network in 2016 into lessons from previous unitarisations which found that the scale of a unitary council was key, with larger authorities able to deliver economies of scale while smaller unitary councils were more likely to be less resilient, putting key services at potential risk.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) more like this
star this property answering member printed Rishi Sunak more like this
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136426 more like this
136427 more like this
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less than 2018-04-23T15:27:18.74Zmore like thismore than 2018-04-23T15:27:18.74Z
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star this property label Biography information for Rishi Sunak more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse more like this