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Local Government: Reorganisation

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 31 January 2025UIN 26034

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many research reports were (a) commissioned and (b) published by her Department and its predecessors on local government restructuring since 1997; and what the title of each report was.

Answered by Jim McMahon

The Department has not commissioned a research report into local government restructuring and is not aware of such a report being commissioned by its predecessors. However, in October 2006 the Department of Communities and Local Government published a report “Population size and local authority performance”, which commented on the implications of its findings for proposals for reorganisation.

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