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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities and combined authorities are in discussion with his Department for devolution deals due to be announced in the next round.

The Government has adopted a bottom-up and iterative approach to agreeing devolution deals. This allows local areas to develop devolution proposals through the basis of local consent and dialogue. The Government is open to working with any area on proposals that include strong and accountable governance arrangements.