Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 117899, on Local Government: Elections, if he will clarify how the answer to Question 118044 on the overnight visitor levy relates to the question asked on election delays and special advisers.

Apologies, the incorrect answer was uploaded in error. My Department has held discussions with councils in all 21 areas that are part of the local government reorganisation programme. Ministers meet regularly with representatives of the Local Government Association as part of the government’s engagement with the sector, including to discuss local government reorganisation.