Written questions

Local Government: Reorganisation

Lords · Question HL3347 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 23 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness O'Neill of Bexley

To ask His Majesty's Government whether levels of deprivation should be used as a basis of submitting interim warding arrangements as part of the local government reorganisation process which fall out of the tolerance levels advised by the Local Governmen

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 23 Sep 2026

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England is the independent body responsible for setting electoral arrangements for councils. However, it cannot undertake an electoral review until a new council has been established in law. Where a proposal is...