Written questions

Local Government: Reorganisation

Commons · Question 129820 · Tabled 27 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the estimated financial payback periods for each of the options for local government reorganisation in (i) Hampshire, (ii) Essex, (iii) Norfolk and (iv) Suffol

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 29 Apr 2026

Councils were asked to set out in their proposals how their area would seek to manage transition costs, including how those costs would be met over time from existing budgets, such as through the flexible use of capital receipts to support transformation ...