Local Government: Reorganisation
Commons · Question 129821 · 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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (i) systems and (ii) manpower capacity in local authorities to implement local government reorganisation; and if he will place
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 29 Apr 2026
Councils, as independent employers, are responsible for the management of their staff and undertaking workforce planning. As part of the local government reorganisation programme, local authorities were required to set out in their proposals how they woul...