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

To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the appointment of Commissioners to Northamptonshire County Council, what assessment they have made of the implications for any reorganisation of local government in Northamptonshire.

On 27 March we invited all of the principal Northamptonshire local authorities to make proposals for a restructuring of local government across Northamptonshire. We understand all eight councils, including the county council, are working well together to develop a locally led proposal, and we are confident that the appointment of Commissioners at the County Council will not change this.