Local Government: Reorganisation
Commons · Question 28615 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Katie Lam
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Department has made of the total expenditure incurred by local authorities in preparing for local government reorganisation prior to the decision to pause those
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 15 Sep 2026
As set out by the Secretary of State in her oral statement of 7 September, the government has withdrawn the March 2026 decisions for Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and paused decisions for the other 14 areas while a full review of the local govern...