John Mann – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2016-03-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what applications for unitary authority status his Department has received in the last year.

Mr Marcus Jones

Whilst we understand a number of local areas are considering moving to unitary structures, we have over the last year received no applications for unitary status, which in future will be considered under the provisions of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016