Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2020 to Question 124761 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether elections due to be held in North Yorkshire, Somerset and Cumbria will be deferred to allow any proposed local government reorganisation.

We have received representations for and against the postponement of local elections due to take place in the areas of Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset on account of proposals for re-organisation, and we are considering those proposals and whether to follow past precedents to postpone local elections for one year in areas where reorganisation is under consideration. An announcement will be made in due course.