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 ...