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Local Government: Reform

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 January 2025UIN 21097

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the population sizes in the English Devolution White Paper refer to (a) electorate and (b) total population.

Answered by Jim McMahon

The population sizes outlined in the English Devolution White Paper for creating new unitary councils and new devolution geographies refer to total population.

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