Local Government: Reorganisation
Lords · Question HL14186 · Tabled 2 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Jamieson
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 26 January (HL Deb col 715), what assessment they have made of the ability of the 14 remaining areas to deliver local government reorganisation to the proposed time
Answer
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 23 Feb 2026
As I set out on 26 January, the remaining 14 local government reorganisation areas do not have 12 months less time than the other areas. On 5 February 2025, the Government invited two-tier authorities in 21 areas and their neighbouring small unitary autho...