Local Government: Tees Valley
(asked on 27th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on creating a Tees Valley combined authority; and whether an elected mayor is a pre-condition for any such authority.
This question was answered on 1st June 2015
The five councils in the Tees Valley have proposed a combined authority and we are now carefully considering the proposals. An elected mayor is not a pre-condition for a combined authority. My rt. hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been clear that the transfer of major power to a city will only happen to those cities who have a metro mayor.