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Local Government: Reorganisation

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 14 January 2026UIN 102365

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with refence to his Department's oral statement of 18 December 2025 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report col 1130, what information his Department provided to local councils undergoing local government reorganisation regarding improving the effectiveness of public services.

Answered by Alison McGovern

We invited councils to develop proposals for unitary local government that prioritised the delivery of high quality and sustainable public services to citizens and for those proposals to set out the impacts on crucial public services, such as SEND.

We will take final decisions on which proposal, if any, to implement having regard to all the criteria, including delivery of high quality public services, as well as any relevant evidence.

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