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

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the proposals for a Combined Authority covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

An East Midlands devolution deal, covering Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, was announced in August 2022. The deal included the establishment of a new Mayoral Combined County Authority, with an inaugural mayoral election anticipated in May 2024. The area have now consulted on their proposals and each of the four constituent councils has voted to submit these proposals to the Secretary of State. Implementation of the deal including creation of the Combined County Authority is subject to passage and coming into force of the relevant provisions in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill and to the following statutory process including local consents and Parliamentary approval to secondary legislation.