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1349504

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department takes geographic size into account when assessing proposals for local government reorganisation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	38271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The proposals were assessed against the criteria set out in the invitation which the Secretary of State issued on 22 February 2021 to councils to submit unitary proposals; these criteria included a criterion about the geography of any unitary council.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/09/2021 13:15:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1349768

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the number of people who voted for (a) Stronger Somerset and (b) One Somerset in the consultation on proposals for locally-led reorganisation of local government in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset; and if he will publish a breakdown of the number of people who voted in that consultation for proposals for reorganisation in (i) Cumbria and (ii) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Bridgwater and West Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
uin	38157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The summary document that we published on 22 July 2021, available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fproposals-for-locally-led-reorganisation-of-local-government-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset%2Foutcome%2Fconsultation-response-summary-local-government-reorganisation&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C042da90cfaa245cdeb1508d9745c2d64%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637668761505604164%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=NKzJGpqnXANFt2RcqMU4vxL7wmcKbI4hUMHS3XJ%2BTBE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a> , sets out the number of people who responded to the consultation, broken down into categories of respondent, and how each category responded to the different questions, specifying the percentage that responded in each way.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/09/2021 13:19:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1396 label Biography information for Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

1343000

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce his decision on any proposed local government reorganisation in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Somerset and (c) Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	25829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State expects to announce his decisions on the unitary proposals before the summer along with a summary of consultation responses.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/07/2021 12:38:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1343012

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to bring forward proposals for wide scale local government reorganisation in the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	25830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to devolving power to people and places across the UK. We will set out our plans for strengthening local accountable leadership in the Levelling Up White Paper. We are clear that any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals which are put forward by those who best know the area and which have a good deal of local support. This is the very essence of localism to which the Government remains committed</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/07/2021 12:38:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1284978

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2020 to Question 124761 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether elections due to be held in North Yorkshire, Somerset and Cumbria will be deferred to allow any proposed local government reorganisation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	150824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>We have received representations for and against the postponement of local elections due to take place in the areas of Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset on account of proposals for re-organisation, and we are considering those proposals and whether to follow past precedents to postpone local elections for one year in areas where reorganisation is under consideration. An announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/02/2021 16:31:56 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1258272

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received proposals on restructuring from local authorities in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	124761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Councils in North Yorkshire, Somerset and Cumbria have until 9 December to submit their final proposals for local government reorganisation. We have already received more than one outline proposal from each area. All proposals received will be carefully considered.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 15:20:31 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1254334

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimates he has made of the amount of local government (a) time and (b) other resources that will be required to implement the local government reorganisations planned for 2021.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Government has invited unitarisation proposals from Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire; councils in these areas have been developing ideas about restructuring local government in their areas for some time, and had requested such invitations. It is right that they should now have the opportunity to make proposals for new unitary councils. If Parliament approves the implementation of any such proposal, it is likely that the new unitary councils would be established from 1 April 2023, and hence most of the implementation work councils will be undertaking will be in 2022/23.</p><p>Any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals, put forward by those who best know the area and who are best placed to assess the benefits, including savings as well as resource and implementation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 119212 119213 question first answered 26/11/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1254335

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of local government reorganisations planned for 2021 on the ability of local government bodies to support their communities during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Government has invited unitarisation proposals from Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire; councils in these areas have been developing ideas about restructuring local government in their areas for some time, and had requested such invitations. It is right that they should now have the opportunity to make proposals for new unitary councils. If Parliament approves the implementation of any such proposal, it is likely that the new unitary councils would be established from 1 April 2023, and hence most of the implementation work councils will be undertaking will be in 2022/23.</p><p>Any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals, put forward by those who best know the area and who are best placed to assess the benefits, including savings as well as resource and implementation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 119211 119213 question first answered 26/11/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1254336

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide local authorities with additional resources to enable them to continue to support their communities during the covid-19 outbreak in the event that they are also required to be subject to local government reorganisation at the same time.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Government has invited unitarisation proposals from Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire; councils in these areas have been developing ideas about restructuring local government in their areas for some time, and had requested such invitations. It is right that they should now have the opportunity to make proposals for new unitary councils. If Parliament approves the implementation of any such proposal, it is likely that the new unitary councils would be established from 1 April 2023, and hence most of the implementation work councils will be undertaking will be in 2022/23.</p><p>Any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals, put forward by those who best know the area and who are best placed to assess the benefits, including savings as well as resource and implementation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 119211 119212 question first answered 26/11/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1236795

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to announce proposals this year for the reorganisation of local government in England; and whether county council elections will take place in May 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL8370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants to decentralise giving more power to local communities, providing opportunities for them to enjoy devolution. The Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper, which will be published in due course, will set out our detailed plans and we continue to work closely with local areas to establish solutions to local government reform. There will be no blanket abolition of district councils or cancellation of the county council elections, and no top-down restructuring of local government.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 06/10/2020 14:49:35 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves